Reseda
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Reseda f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Resedaceae – mignonettes, fragrant herbs found from the Canary Islands to northwest India.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Brassicales – order; Resedaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Reseda odorata (common mignonette) - type species; Reseda alba (white mignonette), Reseda lutea (wild mignonette), Reseda luteola (weld), Reseda minoica, Reseda phyteuma (corn mignonette) - selected other species
References
- Reseda (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Reseda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Reseda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Proper noun
Reseda
- A neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States.
- 1989, “Free Fallin'”, in Full Moon Fever, performed by Tom Petty:
- It's a long day, livin' in Reseda / There's a freeway, runnin' through the yard
- 1994, “Screenwriter's Blues”, in Ruby Vroom, performed by Soul Coughing:
- You are going to Reseda to make love to a model from Ohio / Whose real name you don’t know