Found 2 hits - Term: sisymbrium officinale, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : 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
see also:
must brassica sinapis white mustard brassica alba black mustard
brassica nigra wild mustard charlock brassica sinapistrum lepidium ruderale
sisymbrium officinale thlaspi arvense arabis perfoliata erysimum cheiranthoides mustard oil
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sisymbrium officinale
n : stiffly branching old world annual with pale yellow flowers;
widely naturalized in north america; formerly used
medicinally syn: hedge mustard
see also:
hedge mustard
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