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[Sp.
musteño belonging to the graziers, strayed, wild.]
(Zoöl.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico,
California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.

Mustard grape (Bot.), a species of
grape (Vitis candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. The
berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet
pulp.

Mus"tard (?), n. [OF. moustarde,
F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was
prepared for use by being mixed with must. See Must,
n.] 1. (Bot.) The name
of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly
Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard
(B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B.
Sinapistrum).

&fist; There are also many herbs of the same family which are
called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the
true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard (Lepidium ruderale); hedge
mustard (Sisymbrium officinale); Mithridate mustard
(Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard (Arabis perfoliata);
treacle mustard (Erysimum cheiranthoides).

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