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.