Mignonette

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Mignonette pepper}, coarse pepper.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]