■ noun
1》 a hot-tasting yellow or brown paste made from the crushed seeds of certain plants, eaten with meat or used as a cooking ingredient.
2》 a plant of the cabbage family whose seeds are used to make ~. [ Brassica nigra ( black ~ ), Sinapis alba ( white ~ , eaten as a seedling with cress), and other species.]
3》 a brownish yellow colour.
Derivatives
~y adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. moustarde , from L. mustum 'must' (the condiment being orig. prepared with grape must).