sinapis alba

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sinapis alba - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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.]

sinapis alba - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sinapis alba
      n 1: Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source
           of table mustard and mustard oil [syn: white mustard,
           Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba]