mustard tree

1. 1.

   evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock

   Synonymstree tobaccoNicotiana glauca

   Broadertobacco
2. 2.

   glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt

   Synonymstoothbrush treeSalvadora persica

   Broaderfruit tree

   Part ofSalvadora

Questions about mustard tree

What does mustard tree mean?

mustard tree means "evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mustard tree?

Close synonyms include tree tobacco, Nicotiana glauca, toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica. 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 mustard tree a common word?

mustard tree is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.