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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:

Mustard \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 (Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum). [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [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):

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