芥子 — meaning in English

English meaning

• mustard noun A yellow-brown condiment made from the seeds of the mustard plant, often eaten with meat.
• poppy noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.

Senses

芥子 is used for these senses in English:

• mustard The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
• poppy Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

mustard — full definition

1. noun A yellow-brown condiment made from the seeds of the mustard plant, often eaten with meat.
2. adj Having a dark yellow colour, like the condiment.
3. adj Informal: very good or highly skilled.

poppy — full definition

1. noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.
2. noun A small red paper or fabric flower worn to remember soldiers who died in war.
3. adj Having the bright orange-red colour of a poppy flower.

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