| Noun | 1. | genus Reseda - Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs reseda - any plant of the genus Reseda mignonette, Reseda odorata, sweet reseda - Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance dyer's mignonette, dyer's rocket, Reseda luteola, weld - European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America |