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Webster 1913 Edition


Mignonette

Miˊgnon-ette′

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mignonette

MIGNONETTE