ISOTHIOCYANATE

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Meaning:

A family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("isothiocyanate" is a kind of...):

chemical irritant (a substance producing irritation)

Holonyms ("isothiocyanate" is a substance of...):

mustard; table mustard (pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds)

horseradish; horseradish root (the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning)

mustard (any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica)

radish; Raphanus sativus (Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw)

Allium cepa; onion; onion plant (bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb)