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Mustard
Brassica juncea | Brassica alba | Brassica nigra | Mustards
Any of several BRASSICA species that are commonly called mustard. Brassica alba is white mustard, B. juncea is brown or Chinese mustard, and B. nigra is black, brown, or red mustard. The plant is grown both for mustard seed from which oil is extracted and for foliage or animal feed. It was formerly used as an emetic, counter-irritant, and carminative. |
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