MIGNONETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mignonette mean? 

• MIGNONETTE (noun)
  The noun MIGNONETTE has 1 sense:

1. Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance

  Familiarity information: MIGNONETTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIGNONETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mignonette; Reseda odorata; sweet reseda

Hypernyms ("mignonette" is a kind of...):

reseda (any plant of the genus Reseda)

Holonyms ("mignonette" is a member of...):

genus Reseda (Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket)

 Context examples 

Beth had old-fashioned fragrant flowers in her garden, sweet peas and mignonette, larkspur, pinks, pansies, and southernwood, with chickweed for the birds and catnip for the pussies.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)