◙ noun, [mass noun] 1. a hot-tasting yellow or brown paste made from the crushed seeds of certain plants, typically eaten with meat or used as a cooking ingredient • 芥末酱（常与肉类同食或用作烹饪调料） 2. the yellow-flowered Eurasian plant of the cabbage family whose seeds are used to make this paste • 芥菜 3. Genera Brassica and Sinapis, family Cruciferae: several species, in particular black mustard [B. nigra] and white mustard [S. alba] , which is commonly eaten as a seedling in mustard and cress • 芸苔属和白芥属，十字花科：数种，尤指黑芥（拉丁名B. nigra）和白芥（拉丁名S. alba)，后者的幼苗常和水芹嫩叶一起食用 used in names of related plants, only some of which are used to produce mustard for the table, e.g. hedge mustard • ［用于亲缘植物的名称中，其中仅一部分可制成食用芥末，例如hedge mustard] 4. a dark yellow colour • 暗黄色，芥子酱色，芥末色
【派生】
♦ mustardy adjective
【语源】
1. Middle English: from Old French moustarde, from Latin mustum 'must'(the condiment being originally prepared with'must)'