Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.