: a pungent yellow condiment consisting of the pulverized seeds of various mustard plants (such as Sinapis alba, Brassica juncea, and B. nigra) either dry or made into a paste or sauce (as by mixing with water or vinegar) and sometimes adulterated with other substances (such as turmeric) or mixed with spices
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: the seed of a mustard plant used as a spice and in medicine as a stimulant and diuretic, an emetic, or a counterirritant
: any of several herbs (genera Brassica and Sinapis of the family Brassicaceae synonym Cruciferae, the mustard family) with lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and linear beaked pods
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Anderson’s creation, wings smoked with sweet mustard glaze and deep-fried, will be featured this week at his fine-dining restaurant, Millwright’s in Simsbury.—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025 Pieces from her collection, including artist Karin Miller’s Angie in Yellow, adorn the mustard walls.—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 June 2025 His mustard shoes worn with red shorts was an unexpected but very cool look.—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 June 2025 Place the chicken in a large bowl with the lettuce leaves and mustard greens,
To make dressing, heat the oil over medium heat in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and stir in the flour and cook it for 1 to 2 minutes.—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mustard
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French mustarde, from must must, from Latin mustum
: a pungent yellow condiment consisting of the pulverized seeds of the black mustard or sometimes the white mustard either dry or made into a paste and serving as a stimulant and diuretic or in large doses as an emetic and as a counterirritant when applied to the skin as a poultice
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: any of several herbs (genus Brassica of the family Cruciferae, the mustard family) with lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and linear beaked pods see black mustardsense 1, white mustard
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