Etymology

Noun

1. a plant of the genus Brassica, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods.
2. 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.

3. (colour) a dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.

4. The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.

Adjective

1. (colour) of a dark yellow colour.
2. (Skateboard Slang) Outstanding. Popularized by Finnish Skateboarder Arto Saari "Check out these shoes, they're really mustard." ("Pro Spotlight," Skateboarding Magazine, 12/06.)

See also

• arugula
• bitter cress
• brassica
• charlock
• cress
• dame’s violet

• hedge garlic
• jack-by-the-hedge
• peppergrass
• sea rocket
• shepherd’s purse

• silique
• rape (plant)
• wasabi
• wintercress
• Appendix:Colours