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The mustard plant is any one of several plant species in the genera Brassica, Rhamphospermum and Sinapis in the family Brassicaceae (the mustard family).[1]

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  1. 39 relations: Agriculture, Archaeology, Bangladesh, Biodiesel, Brassica, Brassica juncea, Brassicaceae, Central Asia, Cetane number, Cover crop, Daniel Zohary, Diesel fuel, Domestication, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fluid dynamics, Green manure, Hellenistic period, Heterodera schachtii, Indus Valley Civilisation, Linguistics, List of mustard brands, Mediterranean Sea, Mustard (condiment), Mustard oil, Mustard seed, North Africa, Phaedon cochleariae, Radish, Ram press (food), Rhamphospermum, Rhamphospermum nigrum, Roman Empire, Sinapis, Spice, Sugar beet, Sumer, Turnip, West Asia, White mustard.

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Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Biodiesel

Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases, and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters.

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Brassica

Brassica is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae).

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Brassica juncea

Brassica juncea, commonly brown mustard, Chinese mustard, Indian mustard, Korean green mustard, leaf mustard, Oriental mustard and vegetable mustard, is a species of mustard plant. Mustard plant and Brassica juncea are Brassica and leaf vegetables.

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Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae or (the older) Cruciferae is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family.

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Central Asia

Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.

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Cetane number

Cetane number (cetane rating) (CN) is an indicator of the combustion speed of diesel fuel and compression needed for ignition.

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Cover crop

In agriculture, cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested.

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Daniel Zohary

Daniel (Dani) Zohary (24 April 1926 - 16 December 2016) was an Israeli plant geneticist, agronomist, and professor at the Hebrew University.

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Diesel fuel

Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, heavy oil (historically) or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and then injection of fuel.

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Domestication

Domestication is a multi-generational mutualistic relationship in which an animal species, such as humans or leafcutter ants, takes over control and care of another species, such as sheep or fungi, to obtain from them a steady supply of resources, such as meat, milk, or labor.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Fluid dynamics

In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases.

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Green manure

In agriculture, a green manure is a crop specifically cultivated to be incorporated into the soil while still green.

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Hellenistic period

In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.

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Heterodera schachtii

Heterodera schachtii, the beet cyst eelworm or sugarbeet nematode, is a plant pathogenic nematode.

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Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language.

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List of mustard brands

Mustard is a condiment made from the mustard seeds from one of three varieties of mustard plant: ''Sinapis alba'', white mustard (also known as yellow mustard); Brassica juncea, brown mustard; or Brassica nigra, black mustard.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Mustard (condiment)

Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant (white/yellow mustard, Sinapis alba; brown mustard, Brassica juncea; or black mustard, Brassica nigra).

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Mustard oil

Mustard oil can mean either the pressed oil used for cooking, or a pungent essential oil also known as volatile oil of mustard.

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Mustard seed

Mustard seeds are the small round seeds of various mustard plants. Mustard plant and mustard seed are Edible nuts and seeds.

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North Africa

North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.

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Phaedon cochleariae

Phaedon cochleariae (commonly called mustard beetle or watercress beetle) is a non-social, holometabolous species of leaf beetle native to Europe.

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Radish

The radish (Raphanus sativus) is a flowering plant in the mustard family, Brassicaceae.

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Ram press (food)

A ram press is a device or machine commonly used to press items with a mechanical ram, such as with a plunger, piston, force pump, or hydraulic ram.

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Rhamphospermum

Rhamphospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae.

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Rhamphospermum nigrum

Rhamphospermum nigrum (syns. Brassica nigra and Sinapis nigra), black mustard, is an annual plant cultivated for its dark-brown-to-black seeds, which are commonly used as a spice. Mustard plant and Rhamphospermum nigrum are leaf vegetables.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Sinapis

Sinapis is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae.

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Spice

In the culinary arts, a spice is any seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance in a form primarily used for flavoring or coloring food.

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Sugar beet

A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production.

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Sumer

Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.

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Turnip

The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot. Mustard plant and turnip are Brassica and leaf vegetables.

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West Asia

West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia.

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White mustard

White mustard (Sinapis alba) is an annual plant of the family Brassicaceae. Mustard plant and White mustard are Medicinal plants.

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See also

Brassica

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_plant

Also known as Mustard (plant).