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  1. white mustard, (Sinapis alba), annual herbaceous plant of the family Brassicaceae grown primarily for its pungent seeds, which are a source of the condiment known as mustard.

  2. White mustard (Sinapis alba) is an annual plant of the family Brassicaceae. It is sometimes also referred to as Brassica alba or B. hirta. Grown for its seeds, it is used to make the condiment mustard, as a fodder crop, or as a green manure. It is now widespread worldwide, although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region.

  3. Nov 21, 2023 · White mustard (Sinapis alba) is an annual plant of the Brassicaceae family, a relative of the cabbage and arugula. Herbaceous plant about 30 to 60 centimeters high. Stem erect, simple, glabrous, cylindrical and rough to the touch because of its pubescence.

  4. Mar 29, 2021 · White mustard scientifically known as Sinapis Alba is an annual herbaceous plant of the Brassicaceae ⁄ Cruciferae (Mustard family). It is occasionally also referred to as Brassica Alba or B. hirta. The plant probably originates from the Mediterranean region, but various cultivars are grown in Northern, Central, Eastern Europe ...

  5. Commonly known as the mustard family, Brassicaceae contains some 338 genera and more than 3,700 species of flowering plants distributed throughout the world. Brassicaceae species are characterized by four-petalled cross-shaped flowers that feature two long and two short stamens and produce podlike.

  6. Botanical: Brassica alba (BOISS.) ---Synonym--- Sinapis alba (LINN.). ---Part Used--- Seeds. The White Mustard, a native of Europe, common in our fields and by roadsides, and also largely cultivated, is an erect annual, about a foot or more in height, with pinnatifid leaves and large, yellow, cruciferousflowers.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BrassicaBrassica - Wikipedia

    Brassica ( ⫽ ˈbræsɪkə ⫽) is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family ( Brassicaceae ). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, mustard plants, or simply brassicas. [2] Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops —derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem ...

  8. www.wikidoc.org › index › White_MustardWhite Mustard - wikidoc

    White mustard (Sinapis alba) is an annual plant of the family Cruciferae. It is sometimes also referred to as Brassica alba or B hirta or yellow mustard. Grown for its seeds, mustard, as fodder crop or as a green manure, it is now wide spread worldwide although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region. Culinary uses

  9. White mustard (Sinapis alba) is an annual plant of the family Brassicaceae. It is sometimes also referred to as Brassica alba or B. hirta. Grown for its seeds, used to make the condiment mustard, as fodder crop, or as a green manure, it is now widespread worldwide, although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region.

  10. Brassica is a genus in the mustard family Brassicaceae and species within the genus are more commonly known as mustards or cabbages. The former name for the family, Cruciferae, was given to describe the arrangement of the petals of mustard flowers in the shape of a cross.