indian mustard

indian mustard
noun
Asiatic mustard used as a potherb
Hypernyms: ↑mustard
Member Holonyms: ↑Brassica, ↑genus Brassica

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
: an Asiatic mustard (Brassica juncea) that has pods growing at an angle with their stems and that is used as a potherb and is widely naturalized as a weed — called also leaf mustard

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