mustard

Definitions


[ˈmʌstəd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hot-tasting yellow or brown paste made from the crushed seeds of certain plants, typically eaten with meat or used as a cooking ingredient
(e.g: Dijon mustard)

- the yellow-flowered Eurasian plant of the cabbage family whose seeds are used to make mustard

- a brownish yellow colour
(e.g: a mustard sweater)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French moustarde, from Latin mustum ‘must’ (mustard being originally prepared with grape must)




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