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re⋅se⋅da

  [ri-see-duh]
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–noun
1. a grayish green.
–adjective
2. grayish green, like the flowers of the mignonette.
Origin:
1745–55 as name of plant genus including mignonette; 1870–75 for current senses; < NL: genus name, L resēda (according to Pliny, lit., heal! (impv. of resēdāre to heal, assuage), referring to the plant's use in treating tumors)
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re·se·da   (rĭ-sē'də, -sěd'ə)   
n.  

  1. Any of various Mediterranean plants of the genus Reseda, including the mignonette, having densely flowered terminal racemes and divided petals.

  2. A grayish or dark green to yellow green or light olive.


[New Latin Resēda, genus name, from Latin resēda, a kind of plant used to reduce tumors.]
re·se'da adj.
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