Definitions for resedas

resedas re·se·da

Spelling: [ri-see-duh]
IPA: /rɪˈsi də/

Resedas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in resedas (adeerss).

Definitions for resedas

noun

  1. a grayish green.

adjective

  1. grayish green, like the flowers of the mignonette.

Origin of resedas

1745-55 as name of plant genus including mignonette; 1870-75 for current senses; New Latin: genus name, Latin resēda (according to Pliny, literally, heal! (imperative of resēdāre to heal, ass

Examples for resedas

reseda very common, but very small, Heliotropium ditto, Crucifera hispida ditto.

Bess looked beautifully charming in her well-fitted jacket and divided skirt of reseda green.

Woad (Isatis tinctoria) and the dyers' yellow woad (reseda lutea), are both well known.

Eva threatens me with her parasol, and laughs, hiding her rosy face in a bouquet of reseda.

They are found in the market in short lengths and in such attractive colours as Delft blue, reseda green, pink, and catawba.

Weld, reseda luteola, is an annual plant growing in waste places.

Weld is the dried plant reseda luteola, a species of wild mignonette, formerly largely cultivated in Europe.

The reseda, or mignonette, is planted from seed, as here in England.

Word Value for resedas
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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