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RESEDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Reseda
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reseda" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reseda"):
mignonette; Reseda odorata; sweet reseda (Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance)
dyer's mignonette; dyer's rocket; Reseda luteola; weld (European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America)
Holonyms ("reseda" is a member of...):
genus Reseda (Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket)
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