hedgeˈ-mustard noun

A tall stiff cruciferous roadside weed (Sisymbrium officinale) with small yellow flowers, or a related species

hedgeˈ-parsley noun

An umbelliferous roadside weed (Torilis or Caucalis) with leaves rather like parsley

hedgeˈ-parson or hedgeˈ-priest noun

A disreputable, vagrant, or illiterate parson or priest

hedgeˈpig noun

A hedgehog

hedgeˈrow noun

A line of hedge, often with trees

hedgeˈ-school noun

1. An open-air school, common in Ireland in the 17c and 18c during the ban on Catholic education
2. A poorly equipped school

hedgeˈ-schoolmaster noun

hedge sparrow or formerly also hedge warbler noun

The dunnock (Prunella modularis), a small bird that frequents hedges, superficially like a sparrow but with a more slender bill

hedge trimmer noun

An electric tool for cutting back hedges, shrubs, etc

hedgeˈ-writer noun

A Grub Street author, a hack

mustard /musˈtərd/

1. Any of various species of the Sinapis section of plants of the genus Brassica, typically having yellow flowers and slender seed pods
2. Their (powdered) seeds
3. A pungent condiment prepared from the seeds
4. The brownish-yellow colour of the condiment

Of a brownish-yellow colour

mustard and cress noun

A salad of seedlings of white mustard and garden cress

mustard gas noun

The vapour from a poisonous blistering liquid, (CH₂ClCH₂)₂S, obtained from ethylene and sulphur chloride (also called dichlorodiethyl sulphide)

mustard oil noun

A volatile oil obtained from black mustard seeds

mustard plaster noun

A counter-irritant skin application made from black and white mustard flour, deprived of their fixed oil

mustard tree noun

A name given to a shrub Salvadora persica (family Salvadoraceae, prob related to Oleaceae) on the theory that it is the plant referred to in the New Testament, which others think is only black mustard which has grown tall, as it does in the Middle East

black mustard

An annual herb (Brassica nigra), whose strongly-flavoured seeds are used in cookery

cut the mustard (informal)

1. Reach a required standard, make the grade
2. Make a favourable impression on

French mustard

The condiment prepared for the table by adding salt, sugar, vinegar, etc

garlic mustard see under garlic

hedge-mustard see under hedge

keen as mustard (informal)

Intensely enthusiastic

Sarepta mustard

An annual herb (Brassica juncea), whose seeds and oil are used in cookery (also brown mustard)

white mustard

An annual herb (Brassica alba) of the Mediterranean region, whose seeds are used in cookery

wild mustard

Charlock, a common cornfield weed with yellowy flowers