BRASSICA NIGRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brassica nigra mean? 

• BRASSICA NIGRA (noun)
  The noun BRASSICA NIGRA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BRASSICA NIGRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRASSICA NIGRA (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 ("Brassica nigra" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Brassica nigra"):

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

Holonyms ("Brassica nigra" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

The vegetable oil pressed from seeds or the essential oil extracted from the seeds of Brassica nigra, Brassica juncea, or Brassica hirta.

(Mustard Oil, NCI Thesaurus)