BLACK MUSTARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black mustard mean? 

• BLACK MUSTARD (noun)
  The noun BLACK MUSTARD has 1 sense:

1. widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard

  Familiarity information: BLACK MUSTARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK MUSTARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black mustard; Brassica nigra

Hypernyms ("black mustard" is a kind of...):

mustard (any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica)

Meronyms (parts of "black mustard"):

mustard seed (black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders)

Holonyms ("black mustard" is a member of...):

Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)