Definition of Family Resedaceae

1. Noun. Mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette.

Exact synonyms: Mignonette Family, Resedaceae
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Reseda

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Resedaceae

family Pythiaceae
family Pythonidae
family Rachycentridae
family Rafflesiaceae
family Rajidae
family Rallidae
family Ramphastidae
family Ranidae
family Ranunculaceae
family Rapateaceae
family Raphidae
family Raphidiidae
family Recurvirostridae
family Reduviidae
family Regalecidae
family Resedaceae (current term)
family Rhamnaceae
family Rheidae
family Rhincodontidae
family Rhinobatidae
family Rhinocerotidae
family Rhinolophidae
family Rhinotermitidae
family Rhiptoglossa
family Rhizobiaceae
family Rhizophoraceae
family Rhizopogonaceae
family Rhodymeniaceae
family Rhyniaceae
family Rickettsiaceae

Literary usage of Family Resedaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"family Resedaceae. Mignonette Family. Contains 6 genera and about 55 species, belonging mostly to the Old World. They are herbs with alternate leaves and ..."

2. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"... L. (family Resedaceae) an oil yield of but 0.002 pc is obtained. Remarkable is the strong development of carbon ..."

3. Proceedings by Nebraska, Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, State Board of Agriculture (1914)
"Although a bad smelling plant its flowers yield honey. Native. MIGNONETTE FAMILY (Resedaceae) Mignonette (Reseda odorata L.). Honey from the flowers. ..."

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