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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Brassicaceae — themustards .
Etymologies
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• White or yellow mustard, Sinapis alba or Brassica hirta, is a European native with large pale seeds and a different defensive storage compound, sinalbin.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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• White or yellow mustard, Sinapis alba or Brassica hirta, is a European native with large pale seeds and a different defensive storage compound, sinalbin.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Labiatifol, inciso dentatis occurs throughout, Sinapis of Siah-Sung straggles to 12,000 feet.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Sinapis_ (_Para tou sinesthai tous hopous_, "because it irritates the eyes").
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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In the fields Polygala occurred with a Galium; the most common plant being a Sinapis found at Dadur: some _Bheir_ trees also occur here; a few Compositae, Labiatae, and Cruciferae, similar to those at Abigoom, are also found: the novelties were _Peganum_ which continues throughout the pass, Hyoscyamoid, and one or two Compositae; while in water-courses close to it the first dripping rocks occurred covered with
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Panicum, Reseda were most abundant, Chloroideum, Sinapis, Raphanus cultivated with _Taira meera_, two Cruciferous plants common, Salsola lanata also occurs.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Now we have for commercial and officinal purposes two varieties of the cultivated plant, the black Mustard (_Sinapis nigra_), and the white Mustard (_Brassica_, or _Sinapis alba_).
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Mustard oil, the produce of various species of _Sinapis_, &c. Shanghae oil, from _Brassica Chinensis_.
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The Field Mustard (_Arvensis_) is Charlock, or Brassock; its botanical term, _Sinapis_, being referable to the Celtic _nap_, as a general name for plants of the rape kind.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Excellent oil is expressed in various parts of India from the seeds of different species of _Sinapis_, especially from the black mustard seed.
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