·noun A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.
II. Reseda ·noun A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.
rĕsēda, ae, f., a plant : Reseda alba, Linn.; Plin. 27, 12, 106, § 131. ...
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