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adj
Having a pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Mignonette (Reseda odorata).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
Topics: agriculture, biology, botany, business, horticulture, lifestyle, natural-sciences
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noun
A pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.
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noun
any plant of the genus Reseda
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: mignonette, sweet reseda, Reseda odorata, dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette, weld, Reseda luteola
History
From French réséda, from Latin resēda, said by Pliny the Elder (23–79 C.E.) to be from resēdāre (“to soothe”), from re- (“again”) + sēdāre (“to assuage, calm”)), an allusion to the healing properties of the plant.
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