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6-letter words (5 found)

AREDES,DEARES,ERASED,RESEDA,SEARED,

5-letter words (23 found)

AEDES,AREDE,ARSED,DARES,DEARE,DEARS,DEERS,DERES,DREES,EARDS,EARED,EASED,EASER,ERASE,RASED,READS,REDES,REEDS,SARED,SAREE,SEARE,SEDER,SERED,

4-letter words (32 found)

ARDS,ARED,ARES,ARSE,DAES,DARE,DEAR,DEER,DEES,DERE,DREE,EARD,EARS,EASE,ERAS,ERED,ERES,RADE,RADS,RASE,READ,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,SADE,SARD,SEAR,SEED,SEER,SERA,SERE,

3-letter words (25 found)

ADS,ARD,ARE,ARS,DAE,DAS,DEE,EAR,EAS,EDS,ERA,ERE,ERS,RAD,RAS,RED,REE,RES,SAD,SAE,SAR,SEA,SED,SEE,SER,

2-letter words (12 found)

AD,AE,AR,AS,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of reseda

reseda

Etymology

From French réséda, from Latin resēda, said by Pliny the Elder (23–79 C.E.) to be from resēdāre (“to soothe”), from re- (“prefix meaning ‘again’”) + sēdare (from sēdō (“to assuage, calm”)), an allusion to the healing properties of the plant.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsiːdə/, /ˈɹɛsɪdə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈsidə/
  • Hyphenation: re‧se‧da

Noun

reseda (plural resedas)

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

Hyponyms

  • dyer's rocket
  • mignonette (one sense)
  • weld

Related terms

  • Reseda
  • Resedaceae
  • resedaceous

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Adjective

reseda (not comparable)

  1. Having a pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.

Translations

References

Further reading

  • reseda green on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • reseda (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • reseda (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Red Sea, Sereda, adrees, erased, seared

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin resēda. Attested since 1544.

Pronunciation

Noun

reseda f (plural reseda's, diminutive resedaatje n)

  1. A reseda, a plant of the family Resedaceae, particularly those of the genus Reseda

Derived terms

  • kleine reseda
  • tuinreseda
  • wilde reseda
  • witte reseda

Further reading

  • reseda on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Finnish

Etymology

From translingual Reseda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈresedɑ/, [ˈre̞s̠e̞dɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -esedɑ
  • Syllabification(key): re‧se‧da

Noun

reseda

  1. reseda (plant of the genus Reseda)
  2. (in the plural) the genus Reseda.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “reseda”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈzɛ.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɛda
  • Hyphenation: re‧sè‧da

Noun

reseda

  1. reseda

Anagrams

  • esedra, sedare, sederà

Latin

Etymology

According to Pliny, from resēdō (“I soothe”).

Noun

resēda f (genitive resēdae); first declension

  1. mignonette

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • “reseda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • reseda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org