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| mignonette | (n) Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance, Syn. Reseda odorata, sweet reseda |
| Mignonette | 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 ]
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