Meaning of MUSTARD
| Pronunciation: | | 'musturd
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | Indian mustard, leaf mustard, mustard greens, table mustard |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing mustard growing in your dream means success and wealth.
Dreaming that you are Seeing or eating mustard seeds indicates that you will bitterly regret some hasty action that you are now suffering for. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a plant of the genus sinapis, a pod-bearing, shrub-like plant, growing wild, and also cultivated in gardens. The little round seeds were an emblem of any small insignificant object. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament; and in each of the three instances of its occurrence in the New Testament (Matt. 13:31, 32; Mark 4:31, 32; Luke 13:18, 19) it is spoken of only with reference to the smallness of its seed. The common mustard of Palestine is the Sinapis nigra. This garden herb sometimes grows to a considerable height, so as to be spoken of as "a tree" as compared with garden herbs. |
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