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 Mus·tard n.
 1. Bot. The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).
 Note: ☞ 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).
 2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient.  Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic.
 Mustard oil Chem., a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil.  The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially.
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 Pen·ny, n.; pl. Pennies or Pence Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value.
 1. A former English coin, originally of copper, then of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).
 Note: ☞ “The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.” --R. S. Poole.   The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see Pennyweight).  The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin.  In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent.
 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
 What penny hath Rome borne,
 What men provided, what munition sent?   --Shak.
 4. Script. See Denarius.
 Penny cress Bot., an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies (Thlaspi arvense).  Also spelled pennycress. --Dr. Prior.
 Penny dog Zool., a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope.
 Penny pincher, Penny father, a penurious person; a miser; a niggard.  The latter phrase is now obsolete. --Robinson (More's Utopia).
 Penny grass Bot., pennyroyal. [R.]
 Penny post, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier.
 Penny wise, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; penny-wise; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.

 Thlaspi arvense
      n : foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized
          throughout North America [syn: field pennycress, French
          weed, fanweed, penny grass, stinkweed, mithridate
          mustard]