Associations to the word «Avignon»

Wiktionary

AVIGNON, proper noun. A city in Provence, France.
AVIGNON BERRIES, noun. Plural of Avignon berry
AVIGNON BERRY, noun. The fruit of rock buckthorn, or Avignon buckthorn, of the species Rhamnus saxafilis, Rhamnus infectorius, and others of the same genus, used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow.

Dictionary definition

AVIGNON, noun. A town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca