'Sinapis alba' definitions:
Definition of 'Sinapis alba'
(from WordNet)
noun
Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil [syn: white mustard, Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba]
Definition of 'Sinapis alba'
From: GCIDE
- Sinalbin \Sin*al"bin\, n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard ({Brassica alba}, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sinapis alba'
From: GCIDE
- White mustard \White mustard\ A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]