Lexic.us

Definition of Hedge mustard

1. Noun. Stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedge Mustard

Literary usage of Hedge mustard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1878)
"By almost every roadside, and on almost every piece of waste ground, we may reasonably expect to find the hedge-mustard, though its name is so far a ..."

2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"Sophia L., and other species of this genus, known as hedge mustard and by other names, are common weeds in both Europe and America. ..."

3. The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"... in any convenient vehicle, for palpitations of the heart, hysterical affections and convulsions. xcm. SISYMBRIUM OFFICINALE, L. HEDGE-MUSTARD. Nat. ..."

4. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"The broad hedge mustard, or London rocket (S. trio), grows chiefly about London, and in habit is ... Fine-leaved hedge mustard or flixweed (S. sophia). ..."

5. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Physical and Chemical Constants of hedge mustard OH This oil is obtained from the seeds of the common hedge radish (runch, wild radish), ..."

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