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RESEDA ODORATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Reseda odorata mean?
• RESEDA ODORATA (noun)
The noun RESEDA ODORATA has 1 sense:
1. Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
Familiarity information: RESEDA ODORATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mignonette; Reseda odorata; sweet reseda
Hypernyms ("Reseda odorata" is a kind of...):
reseda (any plant of the genus Reseda)
Holonyms ("Reseda odorata" is a member of...):
genus Reseda (Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket)
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