adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from plants of the genus Eruca
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica)
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Noting an acid, a colorless compound, C22H42O2, contained, in combination with glycerol, in white and black mustard-seed oil. It crystallizes in long slender needles, melts at 33–34° C., and is readily converted into the isomeric brassidic acid.
Word Usage
"In much of the West, the sale of mustard oil for food use is illegal, for two reasons: it contains large quantities of an unusual fatty acid, erucic acid; and it contains irritating isothiocyanates."