モクセイソウ
解説 Definition
reseda は、モクセイソウなどを含むレゼダ属（Reseda）の植物、またはその属を指す名詞です。植物学上の属名としては先頭を大文字にします。
Reseda is a genus of flowering plants that includes mignonette and related species, some of which are grown for their flowers or historically used in making dye. The word may denote the botanical genus or, in lower case, a plant belonging to it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reseda はモクセイソウなどを含むレゼダ属の植物名です。園芸では Reseda plants、植物の属名なら先頭を大文字にした Reseda、一般的に花を指すなら a reseda flower の形が見られます。ラテン語で「鎮める・癒やす」に結び付く名と、古く薬草として扱われた背景を一緒に覚えましょう。
Connect reseda with a garden plant rather than with a person or action. Picture a mignonette bearing small flower clusters and attracting pollinators. The name’s historical association with Latin words for calming or healing provides a second memory link, since the plant was once treated as a medicinal herb. In botanical writing, Reseda with a capital R is the genus name; lower-case reseda can refer more generally to one of its plants. Useful combinations include Reseda plants, the genus Reseda, and a reseda flower. Also connect it with dye production, a documented historical use of some species.
例文
Reseda is a genus of flowering plants in the mignonette family.
レセダはミグノネット科の開花植物の属です。
The reseda flower has historically been used in dye production.
レセダの花は歴史的に染料生産に使用されてきました。
Reseda plants attract pollinators to gardens.
レセダ植物は庭に受粉者を引き付けます。
reseda の類義語・関連語
reseda の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語reseda（癒す）に由来し、動詞resedare（re-再び＋sedare鎮める）から派生。古代ローマで薬草として「reseda morbos（病を癒せ）」と唱え用いた記録がある。関連語はsedative（鎮静剤）、sedate（落ち着いた）。
The botanical name Reseda comes from Latin reseda, the name of a plant credited in antiquity with healing properties. It is associated with Latin resedāre, “to soothe” or “to calm,” a formation related to sedāre with the prefix re-. An ancient formula addressing the plant as a remedy helped preserve this medicinal association. The term later became the scientific genus name for mignonette and its close relatives.
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