sinapis alba

1. 1.

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

   Synonymswhite mustardBrassica hirta

   Broadermustard

   Partsmustard seed

Questions about sinapis alba

What does sinapis alba mean?

sinapis alba means "Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil".

What is another word for sinapis alba?

Close synonyms include white mustard, Brassica hirta. 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 sinapis alba a common word?

sinapis alba 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.