Search Result for "sinapis alba":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil;
[syn: white mustard, Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sinalbin \Sin*al"bin\, n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

White mustard \White mustard\ A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sinapis alba n 1: Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil [syn: white mustard, Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba]