mignonette Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
    sweet reseda; Reseda odorata.

WordNet

Mi`gnon*ette" noun
Etymology
F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d Minion.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913