mustard

/ˈmʌstərd/

/ˈmʌstəd/

Other forms: mustards

Mustard is the yellow sauce people commonly use to spice up their hotdogs. Whether it's ballpark mustard or fancy Grey Poupon, it's a condiment made from the ground seeds of the mustard plant.

Mustard comes in several different forms, including the bright yellow kind in a packet at your favorite fast food restaurant and the brownish, slightly coarse mustard that comes in a fancy jar labeled "Dijon." All of these mustards are made from mustard seeds and spices, often mixed with lemon juice and salt. The plant that grows these seeds also produces edible leaves called "mustard greens."

Definitions of mustard

1. noun

   pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
   synonyms: table mustard

   types:

   dry mustard, powdered mustard

   a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic

   Chinese mustard

   very hot prepared mustard

   type of:

   condiment

   a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment
2. noun

   any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
   types:

   Brassica juncea, chinese mustard, gai choi, indian mustard, leaf mustard

   Asiatic mustard used as a potherb

   Brassica nigra, black mustard

   widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard

   Brassica napus, colza, rape

   Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop

   Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba, white mustard

   Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil

   Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis, chadlock, charlock, field mustard, wild mustard

   weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields

   type of:

   crucifer, cruciferous plant

   any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
3. noun

   leaves eaten as cooked greens
   synonyms: Indian mustard, leaf mustard, mustard greens

   type of:

   cruciferous vegetable

   a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts