mustard
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From Old French moustarde (French: moutarde), from moust (“‘must’”), from Latin mustum.
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mustard (plural mustards)
- a plant of the genus Brassica, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods.
- a powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- When the waitress brought the food I asked her if she had any Dijon mustard.
- (colour) a dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
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mustard colour:
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- The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
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plant
condiment
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colour
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[edit] Adjective
mustard
- (colour) of a dark yellow colour.
- (Skateboard Slang) Outstanding. Popularized by Finnish Skateboarder Arto Saari "Check out these shoes, they're really mustard." ("Pro Spotlight," Skateboarding Magazine, 12/06.)
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of the colour of mustard
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- must (grape juice)
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