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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 fragrance
Familiarity information: SWEET RESEDA 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 ("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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