# reseda
## English
### Etymology

From French réséda, from Latin resēda, said by Pliny the Elder (23–79 C.E.) to be from resēdāre (“to soothe”), from re- (“again”) + sēdāre (“to assuage, calm”)), an allusion to the healing properties of the plant.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹɪˈsiːdə/, /ˈɹɛsɪdə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ɹəˈsidə/
* Hyphenation: re‧se‧da

### Noun

reseda (plural resedas)
* (botany) Any of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish green flowers, such as dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola) and mignonette (Reseda odorata).
** [1640, John Rider, Francis Holy-Oke [i.e., Francis Holyoake], “Reseda”, in Riders Dictionarie, Corrected and Augmented with the Addition of Many Hundred Words Both out of the Law, and out of the Latine, French, and Other Languages, such as Were and Are with Us in Common Use, but Never Printed till Now, to the Perfecting of the Worke. [...], London: Imprinted by Felix Kingston for Iohn Waterson, →OCLC:Reſeda […] An herbe that hath a ſtalke like knots and joynts, a leafe like a nettle, and white in the middle.]
** 1850 September, “Flora Historica” [pseudonym], “MIGNONETTE.—RESEDA ODORATA.”, in Joseph Harrison, editor, The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists’ Magazine, volume XVIII, number 45 (New Series), London: Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane, →OCLC, page 223:This genus of plants, of which we have twelve species, was named Reseda by the ancients, from resedare to assuage, because some of the species were esteemed good for mitigating pains; and we learn from Pliny, that the Reseda was considered to possess even the power of charming away many disorders. He tells us […] that when it was used to resolve swellings, or to assuage inflammations, it was the custom to repeat the following words, thrice spitting on the ground at each repetition:— / "Reseda, cause these maladies to cease: knowest thou, knowest thou, who hath driven these pullets here? Let the roots have neither head nor foot."
** 1877, “Blanche”, “[Notes and Queries.] Fertilization of Flowers.”, in J[ohn] E[llor] Taylor, editor, Hardwicke’s Science-Gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, volume XIII, London: Hardwicke & Bogue, 192, Piccadilly, →OCLC, page 21:A little work on bees which I read some time ago, states that bees collect pollen only on flowers of the same species, in order not to mix the pollen of different flowers together, and I have several times observed this statement as perfectly true during the time when resedas, roses, and geraniums adorned a bed close to a bee-hive. The same bee or humble-bee which had been on a reseda would only visit resedas, another only geraniums, &c.
* (botany, horticulture, specifically) Mignonette (Reseda odorata).
** 1757, Philip Miller, “May”, in The Gardeners Kalendar; Directing what Works are Necessary to be Done Every Month in the Kitchen, Fruit, and Pleasure-Gardens, as also in the Conservatory and Nursery. With Accounts I. Of the Particular Seasons for the Propagation of All Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits, with the Seasons wherein Each Sort is Proper for the Table. II. Of All Sorts of Trees, Plants, and Flowers, with the Time of Their Flowering in Each Month, 11th edition, London: Printed by Charles Rivington, for John Rivington, at the Bible and Crown, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and James Rivington and James Fletcher, at the Oxford-Theatre, in Pater-noster Row, →OCLC, page 146:About the middle of this month, if the ſeaſon proves favourable, you may plant out your hardy annuals, ſuch as Marvel of Peru, Sweet Sultan, China After or Starwort, Sweet Reſeda called Mignonette d'Egypt, French and African Marigolds, Female Balſamine, Capſicum, Brown Jolly, and ſeveral other ſorts, which, if artfully diſpoſed, will afford an agreeable pleaſure, after the beauty of ſpring is paſt; […]
** [2003], H. Panda, “Raw Materials: Products of Natural Origin”, in The Complete Technology Book on Herbal Perfumes & Cosmetics, New Delhi: Ajay Kr. Gupta, National Institute of Industrial Research, →ISBN, page 92:Reseda or mignonette is grown in the Grasse region [of France]. The tendency for green notes in recent years has given fresh interest to the reseda note. Absolute oil of reseda has an odour recalling that of violet leaves, but with a rather fine 'powdery' background and a suggestion of rose and a little basil.
* A pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.
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** 1873 September 26, “[Supplement to the Chemical News. Chemical Notices from Foreign Sources. Reimann’s Färber Zeitung.] No. 31, 1873”, in William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science. (With which is Incorporated the “Chemical Gazette.”) A Journal of Practical Chemistry in All Its Applications to Pharmacy, Arts, and Manufactures, volume XXVIII, number 722, London: Henry Gillman, Boy Court, Ludgate Hill, E.C., →OCLC, page 172, column 1:This number contains a lis of the manufacturers of tinctorial chemicals to whom prizes have been awarded at the Vienna Exhibition. We find no English name in the catalogue. There are receipts for dyeing wool a bright green; for a finish for pack-thread; for a reseda on genappe; a brown on silk; a printing black on cotton yarn; a blue-black on old cotton, velvets, and velveteens; a chamois and rose on old goods with cotton warps, saffranin on a sumach mordant being recommended for the latter; a black on mixed woollen and silk; a dark green on wool; a cheap violet on woollen piece-goods.

#### Hyponyms

* dyer's rocket
* mignonette (one sense)
* weld

#### Related terms

* Reseda
* Resedaceae
* resedaceous

#### See also

* Appendix:Colors

### Adjective

reseda (not comparable)
* Having a pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.
** 1876 September, M. Hommey, “6. Experiments upon the Uses of Aniline Black, by Vanadium, in Dyeing Woollen and Mixed Tissues”, in Charles O'Neill, editor, The Textile Colourist: A Monthly Journal of Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing, and Finishing Textile Fabrics, and the Manufacture and Application of Colouring Matters, volume II, number 9, Manchester: Palmer and Howe, 1, 3, & 5, Bond Street; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Glasgow: Porteus Bros.; Bradford: Thomas Brear; New York, N.Y.: John Wiley and Son, →OCLC, page 150:By mixing a weaker bath than the one indicated the cotton dyes up a dark green, and the wool acquires a dull and weak reseda shade.
** 1877 March 28, “The Boudoir. Spring Novelties.”, in The Bazaar, the Exchange and Mart, and Journal of the Household, volume XVI, London: [s.n.] 32, Wellington-Street, Strand, W.C., →OCLC, pages 198–199:Sateens a 1s. 4½d., 32in. wide, will be very useful, and always look nice, whether as whole or part dresses. There is one of French grey that has a most satin like surface, and another of reseda shade, which is again likely to have a run as a fashionable colour.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “reseda”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* reseda green on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* reseda (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* reseda (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Red Sea, Sereda, adrees, erased, seared

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin resēda. Attested since 1544.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

reseda f (plural reseda's, diminutive resedaatje n)
* a reseda, a plant of the family Resedaceae, particularly those of the genus Reseda
    Hyponyms: wouw, kleine reseda, tuinreseda, wilde reseda, witte reseda

#### Derived terms

* kleine reseda
* tuinreseda
* wilde reseda
* witte reseda

### Further reading

* reseda on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Finnish
### Etymology

From translingual Reseda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈresedɑ/, [ˈre̞s̠e̞dɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -esedɑ
* Hyphenation: re‧se‧da

### Noun

reseda
* reseda (plant of the genus Reseda)
* (in the plural) the genus Reseda.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of reseda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
resedani
resedani
accusative
nom.
resedani
resedani
gen.
resedani
genitive
resedani
resedoideni resedoitteni resedojeni resedaini $^{rare}$
partitive
resedaani
resedoitani resedojani
inessive
resedassani
resedoissani
elative
resedastani
resedoistani
illative
resedaani
resedoihini
adessive
resedallani
resedoillani
ablative
resedaltani
resedoiltani
allative
resedalleni
resedoilleni
essive
resedanani
resedoinani
translative
resedakseni
resedoikseni
abessive
resedattani
resedoittani
instructive
comitative
—resedoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
resedasi
resedasi
accusative
nom.
resedasi
resedasi
gen.
resedasi
genitive
resedasi
resedoidesi resedoittesi resedojesi resedaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
resedaasi
resedoitasi resedojasi
inessive
resedassasi
resedoissasi
elative
resedastasi
resedoistasi
illative
resedaasi
resedoihisi
adessive
resedallasi
resedoillasi
ablative
resedaltasi
resedoiltasi
allative
resedallesi
resedoillesi
essive
resedanasi
resedoinasi
translative
resedaksesi
resedoiksesi
abessive
resedattasi
resedoittasi
instructive
comitative
—resedoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
resedamme
resedamme
accusative
nom.
resedamme
resedamme
gen.
resedamme
genitive
resedamme
resedoidemme resedoittemme resedojemme resedaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
resedaamme
resedoitamme resedojamme
inessive
resedassamme
resedoissamme
elative
resedastamme
resedoistamme
illative
resedaamme
resedoihimme
adessive
resedallamme
resedoillamme
ablative
resedaltamme
resedoiltamme
allative
resedallemme
resedoillemme
essive
resedanamme
resedoinamme
translative
resedaksemme
resedoiksemme
abessive
resedattamme
resedoittamme
instructive
comitative
—resedoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
resedanne
resedanne
accusative
nom.
resedanne
resedanne
gen.
resedanne
genitive
resedanne
resedoidenne resedoittenne resedojenne resedainne $^{rare}$
partitive
resedaanne
resedoitanne resedojanne
inessive
resedassanne
resedoissanne
elative
resedastanne
resedoistanne
illative
resedaanne
resedoihinne
adessive
resedallanne
resedoillanne
ablative
resedaltanne
resedoiltanne
allative
resedallenne
resedoillenne
essive
resedananne
resedoinanne
translative
resedaksenne
resedoiksenne
abessive
resedattanne
resedoittanne
instructive
comitative
—resedoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
resedansa
resedansa
accusative
nom.
resedansa
resedansa
gen.
resedansa
genitive
resedansa
resedoidensa resedoittensa resedojensa resedainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
resedaansa
resedoitaan resedojaan resedoitansa resedojansa
inessive
resedassaan resedassansa
resedoissaan resedoissansa
elative
resedastaan resedastansa
resedoistaan resedoistansa
illative
resedaansa
resedoihinsa
adessive
resedallaan resedallansa
resedoillaan resedoillansa
ablative
resedaltaan resedaltansa
resedoiltaan resedoiltansa
allative
resedalleen resedallensa
resedoilleen resedoillensa
essive
resedanaan resedanansa
resedoinaan resedoinansa
translative
resedakseen resedaksensa
resedoikseen resedoiksensa
abessive
resedattaan resedattansa
resedoittaan resedoittansa
instructive
comitative
—resedoineen resedoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* tuoksureseda
* värireseda

### Further reading

* “reseda”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈzɛ.da/
* Rhymes: -ɛda
* Hyphenation: re‧sè‧da

### Noun

reseda
* reseda

### Anagrams

* esedra, sedare, sederà

## Latin
### Etymology

According to Pliny, from resēdō (“I soothe”) ( +‎ -a).

### Noun

resēda f (genitive resēdae); first declension
* mignonette

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “reseda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* reseda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.