About The Word Mignonette
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Mignonette
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What's The Definition Of Mignonette?
[n] Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mignonette: Reseda odorata | sweet reseda Related Terms | Find terms related to Mignonette: See Also | genus Reseda | reseda Mignonette In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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