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Noun: vignette  vin'yet
  1. A brief literary description
    - sketch
     
  2. A photograph whose edges shade off gradually
     
  3. A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)

Derived forms: vignettes

Type of: description, exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture, sketch, study

Encyclopedia: Vignette

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Vigna
Vigna aconitifolia
Vigna angularis
Vigna caracalla
Vigna radiata
Vigna sesquipedalis
Vigna sinensis
Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis
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vigorously
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