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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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