mustard plaster
sinapism | a plaster containing powdered black mustard, applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient |
powdered mustard
dry mustard | a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic |
mustard mustard greens
leaf mustard
Indian mustard | leaves eaten as cooked greens |
| mustard seed | black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders |
mustard
table mustard | pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds |
| Chinese mustard | very hot prepared mustard |
| mustard sauce | sauce of prepared mustard thinned with vinegar and vegetable oil with sugar and seasonings |
Cruciferae
family Cruciferae
Brassicaceae
family Brassicaceae
mustard family | a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers, includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives |
garlic mustard
hedge garlic
sauce-alone
jack-by-the-hedge
Alliaria officinalis | European herb that smells like garlic |
| tower cress tower mustard Arabis turrita | European cress having stiff erect stems, sometimes placed in genus Turritis |
tower mustard tower cress Turritis glabra
Arabis glabra | or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe |
buckler mustard
Biscutalla laevigata | plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers |
| mustard | any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica |
| mustard oil | oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap |
chinese mustard
indian mustard
leaf mustard
gai choi
Brassica juncea | Asiatic mustard used as a potherb |
tendergreen
spinach mustard
Brassica perviridis
Brassica rapa perviridis | Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage |
black mustard
Brassica nigra | widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds, a principal source of table mustard |
tansy mustard
Descurainia pinnata | North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy |
wormseed mustard
Erysimum cheiranthoides | slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed, formerly used as an anthelmintic |
white mustard
Brassica hirta
Sinapis alba | Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds, a source of table mustard and mustard oil |
field mustard
wild mustard
charlock
chadlock
Brassica kaber
Sinapis arvensis | weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields |
hedge mustard
Sisymbrium officinale | stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers, widely naturalized in North America, formerly used medicinally |
field pennycress
French weed
fanweed
penny grass
stinkweed
mithridate mustard
Thlaspi arvense | foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods, naturalized throughout North America |
toothbrush tree
mustard tree Salvadora persica | glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora, twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush, shoots are used as camel fodder, plant ash provides salt |
tree tobacco
mustard tree
Nicotiana glauca | evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States, occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock |
mustard gas
mustard agent
blistering agent
dichloroethyl sulfide
sulfur mustard | a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs, there is no known antidote |
| nitrogen mustard | a toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure, important in cancer treatment |