mustard seed

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   black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders

   Broaderflavorer

   Part ofblack mustardwhite mustard

Questions about mustard seed

What does mustard seed mean?

mustard seed means "black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders".

Is mustard seed a common word?

mustard seed 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.