mustard vs salad dressing

mustard

noun
  • The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad. 

  • One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy. 

  • A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods). 

  • Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard. 

  • Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice. 

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

adj
  • Of a dark yellow colour. 

salad dressing

noun
  • A sauce, such as mayonnaise, used to flavour or season a salad. 

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