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. [1913 Webster]

Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)