noun, feminine/ɡʁi.zɛt/plural: grisettes
A cheap grey fabric.; grisette (working class woman); grisette (mushroom); skipper (butterfly in the family Hesperiidae); Gafrarium pectinatum, an edible Venus clam of the Pacific.
“[…] Paris alors agita pour lui, dans le lointain, la fanfare de ses bals masqués avec le rire de ses grisettes.” — […] Paris from afar sounded its fanfare of masked balls with the laugh of grisettes.
Synonyms: amanite vaginée
From gris (“grey”) + -ette.