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Nasturtium
Nas-tur′tium
,Noun.
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.
2.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus
Tropaeolum
, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus
), the canary-bird flower (Tropaeolum peregrinum
), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America
. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads. Definition 2024
Nasturtium
Nasturtium
See also: nasturtium
Translingual
Proper noun
Nasturtium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – watercress and its close relatives.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family
nasturtium
nasturtium
See also: Nasturtium
English
Noun
nasturtium (plural nasturtiums or nasturtia)
- The popular name of the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 281
- Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves.
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 281
- A genus, Nasturtium, that includes watercress.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- cast nasturtiums
Translations
a plant used in salads
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Latin
Noun
nasturtium n (genitive nasturtiī); second declension
Declension
Second declension neuter.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nasturtium | nasturtia |
| genitive | nasturtiī | nasturtiōrum |
| dative | nasturtiō | nasturtiīs |
| accusative | nasturtium | nasturtia |
| ablative | nasturtiō | nasturtiīs |
| vocative | nasturtium | nasturtia |
References
- nasturtium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press