Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mignonette"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mignonette \Mi`gnon*ette"\, n. [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon
darling. See 2d {Minion}.] (Bot.)
A plant ({Reseda odorata}) having greenish flowers with
orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance.
In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually
an annual herb.
{Mignonette pepper}, coarse pepper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mignonette
n : Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense
terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white
flowers having an intense spicy fragrance [syn: {sweet
reseda}, {Reseda odorata}]
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