Mignonette

min-yun-et', a genus of half a hundred fragrant plants, chiefly herbs of the Mediterranean region. Florists have made a more showy flower out of the common garden plant, but at the expense of fragrance. It is claimed that mignonette grown in neglected, gravelly, waste places has a more delicate fragrance than a hothouse plant. The name is French for "little darling." See Perfume