black mustard

black mustard
noun
widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard
Syn: ↑Brassica nigra
Hypernyms: ↑mustard
Member Holonyms: ↑Brassica, ↑genus Brassica
Part Meronyms: ↑mustard seed

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noun
Etymology: so called from the dark-colored testae
: a much-branched annual Eurasian herb (Brassica nigra) now widespread as a weed that is the principal source of table mustard and that has small bright yellow flowers and a thin-beaked seed pod which is closely appressed to the stem — compare white mustard

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black mustard
An annual herb (Brassica nigra), whose strongly-flavoured seeds are used in cookery
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Main Entry:mustard

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black mustard,
one of the two species of mustard (the other being the white mustard) commonly grown in Europe and America for their seeds, used for seasoning and in medicine.

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