NOUN | plant | mustard | any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica |
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food | mustard, table mustard | pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds | |
food | mustard, mustard greens, leaf mustard, Indian mustard | leaves eaten as cooked greens / greens |
Sounds | mah'sterd | |
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Rhymes | Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd... |
Meaning | Any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica. | |
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Member of | Brassica, genus Brassica | mustards |
Narrower | black mustard, Brassica nigra | widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds |
chinese mustard, indian mustard, leaf mustard, gai choi, Brassica juncea | Asiatic mustard used as a potherb | |
field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock, Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis | weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields | |
rape, colza, Brassica napus | Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop | |
white mustard, Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba | Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds | |
Broader | crucifer, cruciferous plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae |
Substances | isothiocyanate | A family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards |
Spanish | mostaza | |
Catalan | mostassa |
Meaning | pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds. | |
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Synonym | table mustard | |
Narrower | Chinese mustard | Very hot prepared mustard |
powdered mustard, dry mustard | A substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic | |
Broader | condiment | A preparation (a sauce or relish or spice / spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment |
Substances | isothiocyanate | A family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards |
mustard seed | black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders | |
Spanish | mostaza | |
Catalan | mostassa |
Meaning | leaves eaten as cooked greens / greens. | |
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Synonyms | mustard greens, leaf mustard, Indian mustard | |
Broader | cruciferous vegetable | A vegetable of the mustard family |
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