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mustard
(mass) | mustard
- horčica |
mustard
(encz) | mustard,hořčice |
mustard
(encz) | mustard,hořčicový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Mustard
(gcide) | 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).
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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}).
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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.
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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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mustard
(wn) | mustard
n 1: any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
2: pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
[syn: mustard, table mustard]
3: leaves eaten as cooked greens [syn: mustard, {mustard
greens}, leaf mustard, Indian mustard] |
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mustard
(mass) | mustard
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chinese mustard
(encz) | chinese mustard, n: |
cut the mustard
(encz) | cut the mustard,dělat práci správně Zdeněk Brož |
dijon mustard
(encz) | Dijon mustard, |
dry mustard
(encz) | dry mustard, n: |
field mustard
(encz) | field mustard, n: |
garlic mustard
(encz) | garlic mustard, n: |
hedge mustard
(encz) | hedge mustard, n: |
indian mustard
(encz) | indian mustard, n: |
leaf mustard
(encz) | leaf mustard, n: |
mithridate mustard
(encz) | mithridate mustard, n: |
mustard
(encz) | mustard,hořčice mustard,hořčicový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mustard agent
(encz) | mustard agent, n: |
mustard family
(encz) | mustard family, n: |
mustard gas
(encz) | mustard gas,yperit n: [chem.] Zdeněk Brož |
mustard greens
(encz) | mustard greens, n: |
mustard plaster
(encz) | mustard plaster, n: |
mustard sauce
(encz) | mustard sauce, n: |
mustard seed
(encz) | mustard seed, n: |
mustard tree
(encz) | mustard tree, n: |
nitrogen mustard
(encz) | nitrogen mustard, n: |
powdered mustard
(encz) | powdered mustard, n: |
spinach mustard
(encz) | spinach mustard, n: |
sulfur mustard
(encz) | sulfur mustard, n: |
table mustard
(encz) | table mustard, n: |
tansy mustard
(encz) | tansy mustard, n: |
tower mustard
(encz) | tower mustard, n: |
white mustard
(encz) | white mustard,hořčice bílá n: [bot.] PetrV |
wild mustard
(encz) | wild mustard, n: |
wormseed mustard
(encz) | wormseed mustard, n: |
black mustard
(gcide) | 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).
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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}).
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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.
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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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Buckler mustard
(gcide) | Buckler \Buc"kler\, n. [OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a
shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See
Buckle, n.]
1. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one
of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of
the body.
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Note: In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in
England, the buckler was a small shield, used, not to
cover the body, but to stop or parry blows.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many
ganoid fishes.
(b) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
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3. (Naut.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a
hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to
prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
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Blind buckler (Naut.), a solid buckler.
Buckler mustard (Bot.), a genus of plants (Biscutella)
with small bright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on
bursting resembles two bucklers or shields.
Buckler thorn, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a
buckler. See Christ's thorn.
Riding buckler (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the
passage of a cable.
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Garlic mustard
(gcide) | Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[=a]rle['a]c; gar spear,
lance + le['a]c leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the
cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong
smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed
of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed
in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.
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2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630).
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Garlic mustard, a European plant of the Mustard family
(Alliaria officinalis) which has a strong smell of
garlic.
Garlic pear tree, a tree in Jamaica ({Crat[ae]va
gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of
garlic, and a burning taste.
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Hedge mustard
(gcide) | Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an
inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.
hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.]
A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a
thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;
and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted
round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts
of a garden.
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The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak.
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Through the verdant maze
Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson.
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Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
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Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant
related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium).
Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.
Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See
Garlic mustard, under Garlic.
Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola,
the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.
Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage,
especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]
Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium,
belonging to the Mustard family.
Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus
Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a
nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
Hedge note.
(a) The note of a hedge bird.
(b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.
Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,
in Ireland; a school for rustics.
Hedge sparrow (Zool.), a European warbler ({Accentor
modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish
brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.
Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
doney.
Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.
To breast up a hedge. See under Breast.
To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the
business of money hangs in the hedge." --Pepys.
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Mustard grape
(gcide) | Mustang \Mus"tang\, n. [Sp. muste[~n]o belonging to the
graziers, strayed, wild.] (Zool.)
The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc.
It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.
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Mustard grape (Bot.), a species of grape ({Vitis
candicans}), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are
small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp.
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Mustard oil
(gcide) | 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).
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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}).
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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.
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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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Tansy mustard
(gcide) | Tansy \Tan"sy\, n. [OE. tansaye, F. tanaise; cf. It. & Sp.
tanaceto, NL. tanacetum, Pg. atanasia, athanasia, Gr.
'aqanasi`a immortality, fr. 'aqa`natos immortal; 'a priv. +
qa`natos death.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The
common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) has finely divided
leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste.
It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.
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2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs,
sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked
with butter in a shallow dish. [Obs.] --Pepys.
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Double tansy (Bot.), a variety of the common tansy with the
leaves more dissected than usual.
Tansy mustard (Bot.), a plant (Sisymbrium canescens) of
the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.
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Tower mustard
(gcide) | Tower \Tow"er\, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin
to Gr. ?; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a
tower, castle. Cf. Tor, Turret.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated,
usually higher than its diameter, but when of great
size not always of that proportion.
(b) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification,
for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the
same height as the curtain wall or higher.
(c) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special
purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in
proportion to its width and to the height of the rest
of the edifice; as, a church tower.
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2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
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Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower
from the enemy. --Ps. lxi. 3.
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3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about
the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also,
any high headdress.
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Lay trains of amorous intrigues
In towers, and curls, and periwigs. --Hudibras.
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4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Gay Lussac's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used
in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of
concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may
be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See
Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Glover's tower,
below.
Glover's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in
the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude
acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous
fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion
of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See Sulphuric acid,
under Sulphuric, and Gay Lussac's tower, above.
Round tower. See under Round, a.
Shot tower. See under Shot.
Tower bastion (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with
chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior
polygon of some works.
Tower mustard (Bot.), the cruciferous plant {Arabis
perfoliata}.
Tower of London, a collection of buildings in the eastern
part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and
now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects
of public interest.
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Treacle mustard
(gcide) | Treacle \Trea"cle\ (tr[=e]"k'l), n. [OE. triacle a sovereign
remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. th['e]riaque (cf. Pr.
triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an
antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. ?, fr. ?
of wild or venomous beasts, fr. qhri`on a beast, a wild
beast, dim. of qh`r a beast. Cf. Theriac.]
1. (Old Med.) A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.
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We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.]
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Christ which is to every harm treacle. --Chaucer.
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3. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which
drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also
called sugarhouse molasses.
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Note: In the United States molasses is the common name; in
England, treacle.
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4. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices
or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the
birch, sycamore, and the like.
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Treacle mustard (Bot.), a name given to several species of
the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially the {Erysimum
cheiranthoides}, which was formerly used as an ingredient
in Venice treacle, or theriac.
Treacle water, a compound cordial prepared in different
ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of
various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc.,
distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly
regarded as a medicine of great virtue. --Nares.
Venice treacle. (Old Med.) Same as Theriac, 1.
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white mustard
(gcide) | 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).
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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}).
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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.
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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]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.
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White mustard
(gcide) | 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).
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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}).
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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.
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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]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.
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wild mustard
(gcide) | 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).
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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}).
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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.
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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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Wormseed mustard
(gcide) | Wormseed \Worm"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and
Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property
of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.
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Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum
cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves.
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black mustard
(wn) | black mustard
n 1: widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent
seeds; a principal source of table mustard [syn: {black
mustard}, Brassica nigra] |
buckler mustard
(wn) | buckler mustard
n 1: plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like
those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling
bucklers [syn: buckler mustard, Biscutalla laevigata] |
chinese mustard
(wn) | chinese mustard
n 1: Asiatic mustard used as a potherb [syn: chinese mustard,
indian mustard, leaf mustard, gai choi, {Brassica
juncea}]
2: very hot prepared mustard |
dry mustard
(wn) | dry mustard
n 1: a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in
a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic [syn: {powdered
mustard}, dry mustard] |
field mustard
(wn) | field mustard
n 1: weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn:
field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock,
Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis] |
garlic mustard
(wn) | garlic mustard
n 1: European herb that smells like garlic [syn: {garlic
mustard}, hedge garlic, sauce-alone, {jack-by-the-
hedge}, Alliaria officinalis] |
hedge mustard
(wn) | hedge mustard
n 1: stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow
flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used
medicinally [syn: hedge mustard, Sisymbrium officinale] |
indian mustard
(wn) | indian mustard
n 1: Asiatic mustard used as a potherb [syn: chinese mustard,
indian mustard, leaf mustard, gai choi, {Brassica
juncea}]
2: leaves eaten as cooked greens [syn: mustard, {mustard
greens}, leaf mustard, Indian mustard] |
leaf mustard
(wn) | leaf mustard
n 1: Asiatic mustard used as a potherb [syn: chinese mustard,
indian mustard, leaf mustard, gai choi, {Brassica
juncea}]
2: leaves eaten as cooked greens [syn: mustard, {mustard
greens}, leaf mustard, Indian mustard] |
mithridate mustard
(wn) | mithridate mustard
n 1: foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized
throughout North America [syn: field pennycress, {French
weed}, fanweed, penny grass, stinkweed, {mithridate
mustard}, Thlaspi arvense] |
mustard
(wn) | mustard
n 1: any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
2: pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
[syn: mustard, table mustard]
3: leaves eaten as cooked greens [syn: mustard, {mustard
greens}, leaf mustard, Indian mustard] |
mustard agent
(wn) | mustard agent
n 1: a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises
blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known
antidote [syn: mustard gas, mustard agent, {blistering
agent}, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard] |
mustard family
(wn) | mustard family
n 1: a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers;
includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses,
and their many relatives [syn: Cruciferae, {family
Cruciferae}, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae,
mustard family] |
mustard gas
(wn) | mustard gas
n 1: a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises
blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known
antidote [syn: mustard gas, mustard agent, {blistering
agent}, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard] |
mustard greens
(wn) | mustard greens
n 1: leaves eaten as cooked greens [syn: mustard, {mustard
greens}, leaf mustard, Indian mustard] |
mustard oil
(wn) | mustard oil
n 1: oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap |
mustard plaster
(wn) | mustard plaster
n 1: a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the
skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient [syn: {mustard
plaster}, sinapism] |
mustard sauce
(wn) | mustard sauce
n 1: sauce of prepared mustard thinned with vinegar and
vegetable oil with sugar and seasonings |
mustard seed
(wn) | mustard seed
n 1: black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or
powders |
mustard tree
(wn) | mustard tree
n 1: evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United
States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock
[syn: tree tobacco, mustard tree, Nicotiana glauca]
2: 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
[syn: toothbrush tree, mustard tree, Salvadora persica] |
nitrogen mustard
(wn) | nitrogen mustard
n 1: a toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure;
important in cancer treatment |
powdered mustard
(wn) | powdered mustard
n 1: a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in
a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic [syn: {powdered
mustard}, dry mustard] |
spinach mustard
(wn) | spinach mustard
n 1: Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and
edible foliage [syn: tendergreen, spinach mustard,
Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis] |
sulfur mustard
(wn) | sulfur mustard
n 1: a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises
blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known
antidote [syn: mustard gas, mustard agent, {blistering
agent}, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard] |
table mustard
(wn) | table mustard
n 1: pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
[syn: mustard, table mustard] |
tansy mustard
(wn) | tansy mustard
n 1: North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves
resembling those of tansy [syn: tansy mustard,
Descurainia pinnata] |
tower mustard
(wn) | tower mustard
n 1: or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout
Europe [syn: tower mustard, tower cress, {Turritis
glabra}, Arabis glabra]
2: European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in
genus Turritis [syn: tower cress, tower mustard, {Arabis
turrita}] |
white mustard
(wn) | 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] |
wild mustard
(wn) | wild mustard
n 1: weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn:
field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock,
Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis] |
wormseed mustard
(wn) | wormseed mustard
n 1: slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome
as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic [syn: {wormseed
mustard}, Erysimum cheiranthoides] |
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