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MUSTARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaves eaten as cooked greens
Synonyms:
Indian mustard; leaf mustard; mustard; mustard greens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("mustard" is a kind of...):
cruciferous vegetable (a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
Synonyms:
mustard; table mustard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
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:
Any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
Classified under:
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.)
Context examples:
Most phosphoramide mustards are administered as prodrugs that undergo reductive activation in hypoxic environments to yield cytotoxic metabolites.
(Phosphoramide Mustard, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic mustard compound with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Palifosfamide, NCI Thesaurus)
A nitrogen mustard agent that crosslinks with DNA, causing inhibition of DNA synthesis.
(Novembichin, NCI Thesaurus)
A mustard compound that gets converted to an active mustard alkylating agent at a tumor site, causing DNA cross-linking.
(Mustard Prodrug, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of alkylating agents derived from mustard gas, with the sulfur replaced by nitrogen.
(Nitrogen Mustard Compound, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
In the liver, cyclophosphamide is converted to the active metabolites aldophosphamide and phosphoramide mustard, which bind to DNA, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and initiating cell death.
(Cyclophosphamide, NCI Thesaurus)
A combination of the hormone estradiol (an estrogen) and nitrogen mustard (an anticancer drug).
(Estramustine, NCI Dictionary)
The hydrochloride salt form of amustaline, a quinacrine mustard compound with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Amustaline Dihydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A quinacrine mustard compound with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Amustaline, NCI Thesaurus)
The insight gained in the new study is important step toward mustering a milder mustard or building a bitter-free broccoli.
(Is a milder mustard on the way?, National Science Foundation)
