MUSTARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mustard mean? 

• MUSTARD (noun)
  The noun MUSTARD has 3 senses:

1. any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica

2. pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds

3. leaves eaten as cooked greens

  Familiarity information: MUSTARD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSTARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Meronyms (substance of "mustard"):

isothiocyanate (a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mustard"):

Brassica juncea; chinese mustard; gai choi; indian mustard; leaf mustard (Asiatic mustard used as a potherb)

black mustard; Brassica nigra (widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard)

Brassica napus; colza; rape (Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop)

Brassica hirta; Sinapis alba; white mustard (Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil)

Brassica kaber; chadlock; charlock; field mustard; Sinapis arvensis; wild mustard (weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

mustard; table mustard

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

condiment (a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment)

Meronyms (substance of "mustard"):

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

isothiocyanate (a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mustard"):

dry mustard; powdered mustard (a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic)

Chinese mustard (very hot prepared mustard)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Leaves eaten as cooked greens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Indian mustard; leaf mustard; mustard; mustard greens

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

cruciferous vegetable (a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts)

 Context examples 

A compound consisting of the mustard agent ifosforamide conjugated to glucose, with potential alkylating activity.

(Glufosfamide, NCI Thesaurus)

The 2-nitroimidazole moiety of hypoxia-activated prodrug TH-302 acts as a hypoxic trigger, releasing the DNA-alkylating dibromo isophosphoramide mustard moiety within hypoxic regions of tumors.

(Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug TH-302, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic analogue of the nitrogen mustard cyclophosphamide with antineoplastic activity.

(Ifosfamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A nitrogen mustard compound that cross-links with DNA, causing inhibition of DNA synthesis.

(Defosfamide, NCI Thesaurus)

The topknot and furnishings on pepper Dandies are silver and on mustard Dandies are cream colored.

(Dandie Dinmont Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

In the liver, cyclophosphamide is converted to active metabolites including phosphoramide mustard, which binds to and crosslinks DNA and RNA, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and protein synthesis.

(Cyclophosphamide Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

Imidazole mustard alkylates DNA, preferentially at guanine residues, resulting in DNA interstrand crosslinks and inhibition of DNA replication and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Imidazole Mustard, NCI Thesaurus)

A phenylalanine derivative of nitrogen mustard with antineoplastic activity.

(Melphalan, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic mustard compound of the tromethamine (tris) salt of palifosfamide (Isophosphamide mustard), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Palifosfamide Tromethamine, NCI Thesaurus)

A steroidal nitrogen mustard with antineoplastic and mutagenic activities.

(Phenesterin, NCI Thesaurus)