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Sinapis alba

Sinalbin \Sin*al"bin\, n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard ( Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Sinapis alba

White mustard \White mustard\ A kind of mustard ( Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage.