white mustard

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsBrassica hirtaSinapis alba

   Broadermustard

   Partsmustard seed

Questions about white mustard

What does white mustard mean?

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

What is another word for white mustard?

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

white 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.