reseda
re·seda
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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.
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