# reseda

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈsiːdə/ · frequency rank #83,678

## Definitions
1. 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).
2. Mignonette (Reseda odorata).
3. A pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
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