About The Word Mustard
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Mustard
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What's The Definition Of Mustard?
[n] leaves eaten as cooked greens
[n] pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds [n] any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica Synonyms | Synonyms for Mustard: Indian mustard | leaf mustard | mustard greens | table mustard Related Terms | Find terms related to Mustard: See Also | black mustard | Brassica | Brassica hirta | Brassica juncea | Brassica kaber | Brassica napus | Brassica nigra | chadlock | charlock | chinese mustard | Chinese mustard | colza | condiment | crucifer | cruciferous plant | cruciferous vegetable | dry mustard | field mustard | gai choi | genus Brassica | indian mustard | isothiocyanate | isothiocyanate | leaf mustard | mustard seed | powdered mustard | rape | Sinapis alba | Sinapis arvensis | white mustard | wild mustard Mustard In Webster's Dictionary \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L.
mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed
with must. See {Must}, n.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus
{Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as white mustard ({B.
alba}), black mustard ({B. Nigra}), wild mustard or
charlock ({B. Sinapistrum}).
Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are
called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of
the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium
ruderale}); hedge mustard ({Sisymbrium officinale});
Mithridate mustard ({Thlaspi arvense}); tower mustard
({Arabis perfoliata}); treacle mustard ({Erysimum
cheiranthoides}).
2. 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.
{Mustard oil} (Chem.), 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.
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