Dictionary![]() ![]() mus'tard fam"ilythe plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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