Definition of Black mustard

1. Noun. Widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard.

Exact synonyms: Brassica Nigra
Terms within: Mustard Seed
Group relationships: Brassica, Genus Brassica
Generic synonyms: Mustard

Medical Definition of Black mustard

1. The dried ripe seed of Brassica nigra or of B. Juncea; it is the source of allyl isothiocyanate; it contains sinigrin (potassium myronate); myrosin; sinapine sulfocyanate; erucic, behenic, and synapolic acids; and fixed oil; a prompt emetic, a rubefacient, and a condiment. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Mustard

black mangrove
black margate
Black Maria
black market
black marketeer
black marlin
black measles
black medick
black membrane
black morel
black moss
black mulberry
black music
Black Muslim
black mustard (current term)
black mustard (current term)
black nightshade
black oak
black olive
black opal
black operation
black out
Black Panther
Black Panthers
black pea
black pepper
Black person
black piedra
black pine
black plague

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