hedge mustard

1. 1.

   stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally

   SynonymsSisymbrium officinale

   Broaderherb

   Part ofgenus Sisymbrium

Questions about hedge mustard

What does hedge mustard mean?

hedge mustard means "stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally".

What is another word for hedge mustard?

Close synonyms include Sisymbrium officinale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hedge mustard a common word?

hedge mustard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.