reseda noun & adjective. ['rɛsɪdǝ, rɪ'si:dǝ, esp. in senses A.2, B. 'rɛzɪdǝ] In senses A.2, B. also (earlier) réséda. M18.
[Latin, interpreted in classical times as imper. of resedare assuage, allay, with ref. to the plant's supposed curative powers. In senses A.2, B. orig. from French.]
A. noun.
1. Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants constituting the genus Reseda (family Resedaceae), which have small greenish or whitish flowers in spikelike racemes and include the mignonette, R. odorata, and weld, R. luteola. M18.

2. A pale green colour similar to that of mignonette. Also reseda green. L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of the colour of reseda, pale green. L19.

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