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black mustard
black mustardn. A weedy, annual Eurasian plant (Brassica nigra) in the mustard family, having racemes of yellow flowers and pungent seeds used as a spice.black mustard n (Plants) a Eurasian plant, Brassica (or Sinapsis) nigra, with clusters of yellow flowers and pungent seeds from which the condiment mustard is made: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  black mustard - widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustardBrassica nigramustard seed - black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powdersBrassica, genus Brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.mustard - any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica |
Translationsblack mustard
black mus·tardthe dried ripe seed of Brassica nigra or of B. juncea; it is the source of allyl isothiocyanate; it contains sinigrin (potassium myronate); myrosin; sinapine sulfocyanate; erucic, behenic, and synapolic acids; and fixed oil; a prompt emetic, a rubefacient, and a condiment.An annual herb, the seeds and leaves of which contain a glycoside—sinigrin—and an enzyme—myrosin—which on contact with water digests sinigrin, yielding allyl isothiocyanate—mustard oil; mustard is antibacterial, antifungal, antitussive, expectorant, and has been used as a circulatory tonic, and for rheumatic complaintsblack mustard
Synonyms for black mustardnoun widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seedsSynonymsRelated Words- mustard seed
- Brassica
- genus Brassica
- mustard
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