mustard
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).
Other meanings
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.”
The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
“Mustard and cress sandwiches.”
Kinds of mustard
- leaf mustard
- black mustard
- white mustard
- field mustard
Related words
- green mustard
- Indian mustard
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "-arde".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mustard” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.