mustards

Noun

mustard (usually uncountable, plural mustards)

1. (usually) A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).

   Synonyms:

   senvy

2. (usually) Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
   • When the waitress brought the food, I asked whether she had any Dijon mustard.
3. (usually) The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
   • Mustard and cress sandwiches.
4. (usually) Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
5. (usually) One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
6. (usually) The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.

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