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SWEET RESEDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet reseda mean? 

SWEET RESEDA (noun)
  The noun SWEET RESEDA has 1 sense:

1. Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragranceplay

  Familiarity information: SWEET RESEDA used as a noun is very rare.


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SWEET RESEDA (noun)


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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 ("sweet reseda" is a kind of...):

reseda (any plant of the genus Reseda)

Holonyms ("sweet reseda" is a member of...):

genus Reseda (Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket)


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