nasturtium
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nasturtium
- /nasˈtɜːʃəm/ UK
- /nəsˈtɜːʃəm/ UK
- /næsˈtɝʃəm/ US
- /nəsˈtɝʃəm/ US
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From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium.
noun nasturtiums · nasturtia · nasturtian · nasturtion
- The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America. To me a nasturtium by the river brink is more than a simple flower. It is a broader, grander, more magnificent, more stupendous symbol. It may mean anything, everything—such as sunsets and conflagrations and Götterdämmerungs!
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A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
Similar: monks cress, Indian cress
- Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.
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noun plant of the genus Tropaeolum
| Español | capuchina |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 金蓮花 kinrenka, キンレンカ kinrenka, 凌霄葉蓮 nōzenharen, ノウゼンハレン nōzenharen |
| 中文 | 旱莲草 hànliáncǎo |
| Français | capucine |
| Deutsch | Kapuzinerkresse |
| Italiano | nasturzio |
| Русский | насту́рция nastúrcija, капуци́н kapucín |
| العربية | كَبُوسِين kabūsīn |
noun plant of the genus Nasturtium
| Español | capuchina |
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title = {nasturtium},
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