RESEDA

reseda

(noun) any plant of the genus Reseda

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

reseda (plural resedas)

(botany) Any of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish green flowers, such as dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola) and mignonette (Reseda odorata).

(botany, horticulture, specifically) Mignonette (Reseda odorata).

A pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.

Hyponyms

• dyer's rocket

• mignonette (one sense)

• weld

Adjective

reseda (not comparable)

Having a pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.

Anagrams

• Red Sea, Sereda, adrees, erased, seared

Proper noun

Reseda

A neighborhood in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States

Anagrams

• Red Sea, Sereda, adrees, erased, seared

Source: Wiktionary


Re*se"da (r-s"d), n. Etym: [L. , a kind of plant.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.

2. A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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