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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIGNONETTE
MIG'ONET, n. An annual flower or plant of the genus Reseda, having the scent of raspberries.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance [syn: mignonette, sweet reseda, Reseda odorata]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French mignonnette, from obsolete French, feminine of mignonnet dainty, from Middle French, from mignon darling Date: 1785 1. any of a genus (Reseda of the family Resedaceae, the mignonette family) of herbs; especially a garden annual (R. odorata) bearing racemes of fragrant whitish flowers 2. a sauce made typically with vinegar, pepper, and herbs and served especially with oysters

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a any of various plants of the genus Reseda, esp. R. odorata, with fragrant grey-green flowers. b the colour of these. 2 a light fine narrow pillow-lace. Etymology: F mignonnette dimin. of mignon small

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.