wormseed mustard

1. 1.

   slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic

   SynonymsErysimum cheiranthoides

   Broaderweed

   Part ofErysimum

Questions about wormseed mustard

What does wormseed mustard mean?

wormseed mustard means "slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic".

What is another word for wormseed mustard?

Close synonyms include Erysimum cheiranthoides. 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 wormseed mustard a common word?

wormseed 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.