What's the difference between mignonette and reseda?

Mignonette


Definition:

  • (n.) A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.

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Reseda


Definition:

  • (n.) A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.
  • (n.) A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Wedgwood, Reseda Iutea L. And Keseda Odorata L. have demonstrated that 3-(3-carboxyphenyl) alanine and 3-(3-carboxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) alanine can be derived from the corresponding pyruvic acids, presumably by unspecific transaminations, and that (3-carboxyphenyl) glycine and (3-carboxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) glycine can be derived from the corresponding phenylglyoxylic acids.
  • (2) 14C-labelled shikimic acid and double labelled shikimic acid tritiated stereospicifically at C-6 are incorporated into 3-(3-carboxyphenyl) alanine, 3-(3-carboxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) alanine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine in Reseda lutea L., Reseda odorata L., Iris x Hollandica cv.

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