Reseda

See also: reseda and réséda

Translingual

Reseda lutea

Etymology

From Latin resēda.

Proper noun

Reseda f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Resedaceae – mignonettes, fragrant herbs found from the Canary Islands to northwest India.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Brassicales – order; Resedaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Reseda odorata (common mignonette) - type species; Reseda alba (white mignonette), Reseda lutea (wild mignonette), Reseda luteola (weld), Reseda minoica, Reseda phyteuma (corn mignonette) - selected other species

References

• Reseda (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Reseda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Reseda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈsiːdə/

Proper noun

Reseda

1. A neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States.
   • 1989, “Free Fallin'”, in Full Moon Fever, performed by Tom Petty:

     It's a long day, livin' in Reseda / There's a freeway, runnin' through the yard

   • 1994, “Screenwriter's Blues”, in Ruby Vroom, performed by Soul Coughing:

     You are going to Reseda to make love to a model from Ohio / Whose real name you don’t know

Anagrams

• Red Sea, Sereda, adrees, erased, seared