How Wide Is Mustard seed? 2 mm Compared | Magnitudle

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Mustard seed (2 mm) drawn to scale beside a raindrop (2 mm) and a grain of rice (7 mm) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Mustard seed (2 mm), Raindrop (2 mm) and Grain of rice (7 mm).

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How big is that, really?

About the same width as a raindrop
As wide as about 4 grains of sand side by side
About 3 would fit end to end along a grain of rice
As wide as about 17 human egg cells side by side
About 29× as wide as a human hair

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Facts about Mustard seed

Mustard seeds vary in color from yellow and white to brown and black, depending on the species.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mustard plant; McCormick Science Institute, Mustard

Food & Drink

Name	Size	Compared with Mustard seed
Poppy seed	1 mm	0.5×
Sesame seed	2 mm	same size
Mustard seed	2 mm	this page
Lentil	4 mm (0.16 in)	2×
Rice grain	7 mm (0.28 in)	3.5×
Pea	8 mm (0.31 in)	4×
Chickpea	8 mm (0.31 in)	4×
Coffee bean	9 mm (0.35 in)	4.5×
Corn kernel	1.2 cm (0.47 in)	6×
Blueberry	1.5 cm (0.59 in)	7.5×

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