Mustard

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of various Eurasian plants of the mustard family, especially white mustard, Indian mustard, and black mustard, which are cultivated for their pungent seeds and edible leaves.
  • noun. A condiment made from the powdered seeds of certain of these plants.
  • noun. A member of the mustard family.
  • noun. A dark yellow to light olive brown.
  • noun. Any of a group of toxic organic compounds that include mustard gas and the nitrogen mustards.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plant of the genus Brassica, formerly classed as Sinapis.
  • noun. The seed of mustard crushed and sifted (and often adulterated), used in the form of a paste as a condiment. or, in the form of a poultice (sinapism), plaster, or prepared paper (mustard-paper), as a rubefacient.
  • noun. One of numerous mustard-like plants, almost all cruciferous: used with a qualifying word. See names below
  • noun. Clypeola Jonthlaspi.
  • noun. Sometimes, erroneously, the pennycress
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).
  • noun. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic.
  • noun. a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba), in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods.
  • noun. Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
  • noun. Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
  • noun. The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
  • adjective. of a dark yellow colour.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
  • noun. pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
  • noun. leaves eaten as cooked greens
  • Word Usage
    "of mustard flour, and 1-1/2 lbs. of wheaten flour, made into a stiff paste, with the requisite quantity of water, in which the bay-salt is previously dissolved, forms the so-called _genuine Durham mustard_, sold in pots."
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