mi·gnon·ette (m n y -n t )n. Any of several Mediterranean plants of the genus Reseda, especially R. odorata, widely cultivated for its terminal, dense, spikelike clusters of very fragrant but inconspicuous greenish flowers. [French, from feminine of mignonnet, dainty, pretty, from Old French, diminutive of mignon, lover, dainty.] |
mignonette [min-yon-net]
Noun
a plant with spikes of small fragrant greenish-white flowers [French, diminutive of mignon dainty]
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| Noun | 1. |  mignonette - Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrancegenus Reseda - Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket reseda - any plant of the genus Reseda |
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