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mustard /mus·tard/ (mus´terd)

1. a plant of the genus Brassica.

2. the ripe seeds of Brassica alba (white mustard) and B. nigra (black mustard), whose oils have irritant, stimulant, and emetic properties.

3. resembling, or something resembling, mustard in one or more of its properties.

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nitrogen mustard 

1. mechlorethamine.

2. any of a group of cytotoxic, blistering alkylating agents homologous to the vesicant war gas dichlorodiethyl sulfide (mustard gas), some of which have been used as antineoplastics and immunosuppressants.

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mustard [mus´terd]

1. a plant of the genus Brassica.

2. the ripe seeds of Brassica alba (white mustard) and B. nigra (black mustard), whose oils have irritant, stimulant, and emetic properties.

3. resembling, or something resembling, mustard in one or more of its properties.

nitrogen mustard mechlorethamine.

see nitrogen mustards.

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mustard,

n Latin names:
Brassica nigra, Brassica alba; part used: seeds; uses: diuretic, emetic, anti-inflammatory, mustard plaster for topical treatment of congestive respiratory complaints; precautions: pregnancy, lactation, children, kidney disorders, ulcers, corrosive to unprotected skin, asthma. Also called
black mustard, brown mustard, California rape, charlock, Chinese mustard, Indian mustard, white mustard, or
wild mustard.

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mustard

an irritant compound derived from the dried ripe seed of Brassica (Sinapis) alba, B. nigra or B. juncea. Contains toxic allyl isothiocyanate in nontoxic glycoside form, though the plant also contains myrosinase, an enzyme that converts the glycoside to the toxic form. Used as a carminative, emetic and counterirritant in poultices.

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mustard gas

one of several gases used in military activities, e.g. dichlorodiethylsulfide. Causes vesication of skin, blindness due to corneal damage, and pulmonary edema if inhaled.

mustard greens

green foliage of several mustard-type plants, used in salads.

mustard oil

present in high concentrations in mustard plants and causes acute indigestion in animals.

mustard oil glucosinolates

toxic oil glucosinolates found in plants.

sulfur mustard

a synthetic compound with vesicant and other toxic properties.

tansy mustard

see descurainia pinnata.