mus·tard
n 1 : 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 2 : any of several herbs (genus Brassica of the family Cruciferae, the mustard family) with lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and linear beaked pods - see BLACK MUSTARD1 WHITE MUSTARD 3 a : MUSTARD GAS b : NITROGEN MUSTARD .
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