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Meaning of MIGNONETTE

Pronunciation:  `minyu'net

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
 
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 Synonyms: Reseda odorata, sweet reseda
 
 See Also: genus Reseda, reseda

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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