| 单词 | field mustard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield mustard field mustard n. either of two cruciferous plants commonly found as weeds in Europe and North America, charlock, Sinapis arvensis and a wild form of Brassica rapa. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. ix. 189 The tame or garden mustard, hath..long cods, slender and rough, wherein is conteined round seede.., of taste sharp and biting the toong, as doth our common fielde mustarde. 1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening vii. i. xxiii. 57 Of their several Seeds to make Mustard with for Sauce, the Field Mustard is the best. 1874 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 15 Jan. 71/1 Field mustard, which is a weed covering many a cornfield in some parts of the country, flowers about the same time as field beans. 1906 A. M. Dowd Our Common Wild Flowers lii. 98 We have found that they [sc. the cabbage and turnip] and can serve us, and so they are garden vegetables, while their sister, the field mustard, serves herself and is a troublesome weed. 2003 M. J. Chrispeels & D. E. Sadava Plants, Genes, & Crop Biotechnol. (ed. 2) xx. 531 To minimize this occurrence [sc. transgene escape], GM canola is not cultivated where its close relatives (such as field mustard, Brassica rapa) are dominant weeds. < as lemmas |
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