Mustard

mus′tard, n. a plant of the genus Bra ica, formerly cla ed as Sinapis, having a pungent taste: the seed thereof ground and used as a seasoning for meat, as a plaster, .— French mustard , mustard prepared for table by adding salt, sugar, vinegar, .; Wild mustard , the charlock. [O. Fr. mostarde (Fr. moutarde )—L. mustum , must.]