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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic;
[syn: wormseed mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoides]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See Must, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum). [1913 Webster] Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard (Lepidium ruderale); hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale); Mithridate mustard (Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard (Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard (Erysimum cheiranthoides). [1913 Webster] 2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. [1913 Webster] Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Treacle \Trea"cle\ (tr[=e]"k'l), n. [OE. triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. th['e]riaque (cf. Pr. triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. ?, fr. ? of wild or venomous beasts, fr. qhri`on a beast, a wild beast, dim. of qh`r a beast. Cf. Theriac.] 1. (Old Med.) A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1. [1913 Webster] We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Christ which is to every harm treacle. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses. [1913 Webster] Note: In the United States molasses is the common name; in England, treacle. [1913 Webster] 4. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like. [1913 Webster] Treacle mustard (Bot.), a name given to several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially the Erysimum cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac. Treacle water, a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a medicine of great virtue. --Nares. Venice treacle. (Old Med.) Same as Theriac, 1. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Erysimum cheiranthoides n 1: slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic [syn: wormseed mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoides]