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  • adjective Resembling mustard

Etymologies

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mustard +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Then I spent several hours spraying weed killer about the property--- I've been overrun with something called "London rocket," which is a kind of mustardlike plant with a yellow flower, not native to the area but spreading like, well, weeds.

    The Pleasing Day Walter Jon Williams 2010

  • The result, reported online yesterday in the journal Nature by Dr. Robert E. Pruitt, Dr. Susan J. Lolle and colleagues at Purdue, has been found in a single species, the mustardlike plant called arabidopsis that is the standard laboratory organism of plant geneticists.

    Everything you know is wrong Steve Sailer 2005

  • The result, reported online yesterday in the journal Nature by Dr. Robert E. Pruitt, Dr. Susan J. Lolle and colleagues at Purdue, has been found in a single species, the mustardlike plant called arabidopsis that is the standard laboratory organism of plant geneticists.

    Archive 2005-03-20 Steve Sailer 2005

  • The peppery, mustardlike taste makes this green a delicious partner for lush meats such as duck, ribs or sausage.

    unknown title 2009

  • The peppery, mustardlike taste makes this green a delicious partner for lush meats such as duck, ribs or sausage.

    unknown title 2009

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