mignonette
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mi·gnon·ette
(mĭn'yə-nĕt') 
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Any of several Mediterranean plants of the genus Reseda, especially R. odorata, widely cultivated for its terminal, dense, spikelike clusters of very fragrant but inconspicuous greenish flowers.
n.
Any of several Mediterranean plants of the genus Reseda, especially R. odorata, widely cultivated for its terminal, dense, spikelike clusters of very fragrant but inconspicuous greenish flowers.
[French, from feminine of mignonnet, dainty, pretty, from Old French, diminutive of mignon, lover, dainty.]
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mignonette; mignonnette
[meen-yawn-NEHT] 1. A small, coin-shaped piece of meat, usually lamb. Also called noisette or medallion. 2. The term poivre mignonnette more commonly refers to coarsely ground white peppercorns. 3. Historically, a mignonnette was a small cloth sachet filled with peppercorns and cloves, used to flavor soups and stews much in the way a bouquet garni is used today.
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mignonette; mignonnette
mignonette (mĭn'yənĕt'), common name for some members of the Resedaceae, a small family of herbs and a few shrubs inhabiting arid regions. The main genus, the mignonettes (genus Reseda), chiefly of the Mediterranean area, has several species naturalized to waste places of the United States, e.g., the dyer's-weed (R. luteola), which has been a source of a yellow dye since Neolithic times. A few species are cultivated for their fragrant flowers, e.g., the common mignonette (R. odorata), formerly highly valued in perfumery for its essential oils. The mignonette family is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Capparales.
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categories related to 'mignonette'
- Flowering Plants
- Laces - mignonette: narrow bobbin lace with scattered small designs, of French and Flemish origin
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Mignonette may refer to:
- Réséda (Mignonette day) in the French Republican Calendar
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Plants
- Mignonette (Reseda), a genus of fragrant herbaceous plants
- Used as the birthday flower for 30th January
- Used in the Language of flowers
- Cultivars of butterhead-type Lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) such as 'Green mignonette' and 'Red mignonette'
- Migonette tree, also called Henna
- Migonette vine, Anredera cordifolia
People
- Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, a character in The Princess Diaries
In cooking
- Mignonette sauce, a sauce of vinegar and shallots, typically used for oysters
Other
- HMS Mignonette, a Royal Navy Flower class corvette
- Mignonette (album), a 2004 folk album by The Avett Brothers
- Mignonette (locomotive), a locomotive of the Great Western Railway
- Mignonette (yacht), the subject of an English criminal case
- USS Mignonette (1861), a steam operated tugboat
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