reseda
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reseda¹
- /ɹɪˈsiːdə/ UK
- /ˈɹɛsɪdə/ UK
- /ɹəˈsidə/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun resedas
- 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). Reſeda […] An herbe that hath a ſtalke like knots and joynts, a leafe like a nettle, and white in the middle.
- Mignonette (Reseda odorata). About the middle of this month, if the ſeaſon proves favourable, you may plant out your hardy annuals, ſuch as Marvel of Peru, Sweet Sultan, China After or Starwort, Sweet Reſeda called Mignonette d'Egypt, French and African Marigolds, Female Balſamine, Capſicum, Brown Jolly, and ſeveral other ſorts
- A pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette. This number contains a lis of the manufacturers of tinctorial chemicals to whom prizes have been awarded at the Vienna Exhibition. We find no English name in the catalogue. There are receipts for dyeing wool a bright green; for a finish for pack-thread; for a reseda on genappe; a brown on silk; a pr
adjective
- Having a pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette. By mixing a weaker bath than the one indicated the cotton dyes up a dark green, and the wool acquires a dull and weak reseda shade.
Reseda²
- /rəˈsiːdə/
proper noun
- A neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States. It's a long day, livin' in Reseda / There's a freeway, runnin' through the yard
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Talk about this word "reseda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reseda. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. reseda. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/reseda "reseda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/reseda.Cite this
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title = {reseda},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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