Толковый словарь английского языка - mustard
Mustard
mustard
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~e, from must must, from Latin mustum Date: 13th century 1. a pungent yellow powder of the seeds of any of several common ~s (Brassica hirta, B. nigra, or B. juncea) used as a condiment or in medicine as a stimulant and diuretic, an emetic, or a counterirritant, zest , any of several herbs (genus Brassica of the family Cruciferae syn. Brassicaceae, the ~ family) with lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and linear beaked pods, a dark to moderate yellow, ~y adjective
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n. 1 a any of various plants of the genus Brassica with slender pods and yellow flowers, esp. B. nigra. b any of various plants of the genus Sinapis, esp. S. alba, eaten at the seedling stage, often with cress. 2 the seeds of these which are crushed, made into a paste, and used as a spicy condiment. 3 the brownish-yellow colour of this condiment. 4 sl. a thing which adds piquancy or zest. Phrases and idioms mustard gas a colourless oily liquid, whose vapour is a powerful irritant and vesicant. mustard plaster a poultice made with mustard. mustard seed 1 the seed of the mustard plant. 2 a small thing capable of great development (Matt. 13:31). Etymology: ME f. OF mo(u)starde: orig. the condiment as prepared with MUST(2) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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