mustard : Idioms & Phrases

• noun widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard
  Brassica nigra.
  

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• noun plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers
  Biscutalla laevigata.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus of plants (Biscutella) with small bright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on bursting resembles two bucklers or shields.

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• noun Asiatic mustard used as a potherb
  Brassica juncea; chinese mustard; indian mustard; gai choi.
  
• noun very hot prepared mustard
  

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• noun a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic
  dry mustard.
  

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• noun weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
  field mustard; chadlock; Brassica kaber; charlock; Sinapis arvensis.
  

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• noun European herb that smells like garlic
  sauce-alone; jack-by-the-hedge; hedge garlic; Alliaria officinalis.
  

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• a European plant of the Mustard family (Alliaria officinalis) which has a strong smell of garlic.

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• noun stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally
  Sisymbrium officinale.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family.

Webster 1913

• noun Asiatic mustard used as a potherb
  Brassica juncea; chinese mustard; indian mustard; gai choi.
  
• noun leaves eaten as cooked greens
  leaf mustard; Indian mustard; mustard.
  

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• noun Asiatic mustard used as a potherb
  Brassica juncea; chinese mustard; indian mustard; gai choi.
  
• noun leaves eaten as cooked greens
  leaf mustard; Indian mustard; mustard.
  

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• noun foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
  penny grass; stinkweed; French weed; field pennycress; fanweed; Thlaspi arvense.
  

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• noun a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
  dichloroethyl sulfide; blistering agent; mustard agent; mustard gas.
  

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• noun a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
  Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; Cruciferae.
  

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• noun a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
  dichloroethyl sulfide; blistering agent; mustard agent; mustard gas.
  

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• noun leaves eaten as cooked greens
  leaf mustard; Indian mustard; mustard.
  

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• noun oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap
  

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• (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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• noun a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient
  sinapism.
  

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• noun sauce of prepared mustard thinned with vinegar and vegetable oil with sugar and seasonings
  

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• noun black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders
  

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• noun evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock
  Nicotiana glauca; tree tobacco.
  
• noun glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
  toothbrush tree; Salvadora persica.
  

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• noun a toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure; important in cancer treatment
  

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• noun a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic
  dry mustard.
  

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• noun Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage
  Brassica rapa perviridis; tendergreen; Brassica perviridis.
  

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• noun a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
  dichloroethyl sulfide; blistering agent; mustard agent; mustard gas.
  

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• noun pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
  mustard.
  

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• noun North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy
  Descurainia pinnata.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant (Sisymbrium canescens) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.

Webster 1913

• noun or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe
  Turritis glabra; Arabis glabra; tower cress.
  
• noun European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis
  Arabis turrita; tower cress.
  

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• (Bot.), the cruciferous plant Arabis perfoliata.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), a name given to several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially the E. cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac.

Webster 1913

• noun Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil
  Sinapis alba; Brassica hirta.
  

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• noun weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
  field mustard; chadlock; Brassica kaber; charlock; Sinapis arvensis.
  

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• noun slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic
  Erysimum cheiranthoides.
  

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• a slender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum cheiranthoides) having small lanceolate leaves.

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