mustard seed
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mustard seed
noun mustard seeds
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A small, round seed of the mustard plant.
Similar: eye of newt
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A small amount.
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Similar: bit, crumb, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, glimpse, dab, damn
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Small lead shot, usually of size No. 12, used for shooting birds and other animals at close range.
Being myself much given to the collection of birds for scientific purposes, a line of operation, requiring, in most cases, the finest shot that can be procured, I use mustard seed habitually, and have learned, incidentally as it were, its efficacy when directed against birds which, it might be thoug
Similar: dust shot, rat shot, snake shot
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noun small, round seed of the mustard plant
| Español | grano de mostaza, semilla de mostaza |
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| 日本語 | カラシナ |
| 中文 | 芥菜籽 jiècàizǐ, 芥菜種 /芥菜种 jiècàizhǒng |
| Português | semente de mostarda |
| Français | graine de moutarde, cosse de moutarde |
| Deutsch | Senfsaat, Senfschrot, Senfkorn |
| Italiano | semi di senape |
| Română | boabă de muștar |
| Русский | горчичное зерно gorčičnoje zerno |
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title = {mustard seed},
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