Definition of Brassica nigra

1. Noun. Widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard.

Exact synonyms: Black Mustard
Terms within: Mustard Seed
Group relationships: Brassica, Genus Brassica
Generic synonyms: Mustard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brassica Nigra

Brasdor's method
Brasenia
Brasenia schreberi
Brasil
Brasilia

Literary usage of Brassica nigra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Black mustard (brassica nigra, (L.) Koch) is cultivated in various parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The globular, campylotropous seeds (1-1.5 rnm. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1905)
"In the above-mentioned paper the author gives a description of the microscopic structure of the mustard seed, brassica nigra, of the German Pharmacopoeia, ..."

3. Monks' Cookbook by Himalayan Academy, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1997)
"MUSTARD, BLACK, brassica nigra Black mustard seed is very popular in Hindu cooking. It is popped in hot oil, usually with other spices like cumin seeds or ..."

4. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"brassica nigra or black mustard, the seeds of which constitute the official black mustard (Sinapis nigra), is a larger, more branching plant than Brassica ..."

5. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"The only Iowa collection was on brassica nigra, with a much hypertrophied stem. Fifteen collections (Iowa one, Delaware one, Indiana thirteen), ..."

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