Mustard

Mustard may refer to:

  • Mustard plant, one of several plants, having seeds that are used for the condiment
  • Mustard seed, seeds of the mustard plant used in cooking
  • Mustard (condiment), a paste or sauce made from mustard seeds used as a condiment
  • Mustard greens, edible leaves from a variety of mustard plant, Brassica juncea
  • Mustard plaster, a traditional medical treatment used to treat minor ailments, made from mustard seed powder
  • Mustard and cress, a mixture of mustard seeds and garden cress seeds grown as sprouts and used as a sandwich filling or garnish for a salad or other dishes

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Famous quotes containing the word mustard:

    when wine redeems the sight,
    Narrowing the mustard scansions of the eyes,
    Hart Crane (1899–1932)

    Johnson’s conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child’s mouth.
    Hester Lynch Thrale (1739–1821)

    He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 13:31,32.