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n. - Any of various Mediterranean plants of a certain genus, including the mignonette, having densely flowered terminal racemes and divided petals; A grayish or dark green to yellow green or light olive

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: n. - Any of various Mediterranean plants of a certain genus, including the mignonette, having densely flowered terminal racemes and divided petals; A grayish or dark green to yellow green or light olive. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A genus of Old World herbs (family Resedaceae) having racemose flowers with cleft petals, numerous stamens, and an urn-shaped horned capsule opening at the summit.

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  • He stands about two hands high, is of a reseda-green shade, except when in anger, and has no distinguishing marks except the absence of a piece of the right ear, which...
  • It is as bad as it was when I was choosing a gown for my first party; I lay awake nearly a whole night trying to decide between a reseda and a pink-violet.
  • A rose, very like the 'monthly rose' of English gardens, was still blooming there, together with hawkweed, wild reseda, and a mint with lilac-coloured blossoms which one...
  • "O Lord have mercy upon us!" ... and Doña Elena was at the same time contemplating a group of officers with helmets and reseda uniforms reinforced with leather pouches...
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  • ''reseda" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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