mignonette

mignonette (min-yuh-NET) - n., any of several Mediterranean plants of the genus Reseda, especially R. odorata, widely cultivated for its dense racemes of fragrant greenish-white flowers.


Also some other plants, a grayish-green resembling the color of its leaves, an oyster sauce of vinegar and shallots, and a type of fine pillow lace. From French, where its the feminine diminutive of mignon, dainty/darling.

---L.