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nasturtium

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nas·tur·tium  (n-stûrshm, n-)
n.
1. Any of various New World plants of the genus Tropaeolum, having pungent juice and long-spurred, usually yellow, orange, or red irregular flowers.
2. A brilliant orange yellow.

[Middle English nasturcium, a kind of cress, from Latin nasturtium : perhaps nsus, nose; see nas- in Indo-European roots + *tortre, frequentative of torqure, to twist (from its pungent smell); see terkw- in Indo-European roots.]

nasturtium [nəˈstɜːʃəm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various plants of the genus Tropaeolum, esp T. major, having round leaves and yellow, red, or orange trumpet-shaped spurred flowers: family Tropaeolaceae
[from Latin: kind of cress, from nāsus nose + tortus twisted, from torquēre to twist, distort; so called because the pungent smell causes one to wrinkle one's nose]
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Noun1.nasturtiumnasturtium - any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
nasturtium - flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
genus Tropaeolum, Tropaeolum - a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
garden nasturtium, Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus - strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers
bush nasturtium, Tropaeolum minus - annual with deep yellow flowers smaller than the common garden nasturtium
canary creeper, canarybird flower, canarybird vine, Tropaeolum peregrinum - a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries
2.Nasturtium - aquatic herbs
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
common watercress, Nasturtium officinale, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum - perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere
3.nasturtium - flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings
flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
nasturtium - any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
Translations
nasturtium [nəsˈtɜːʃəm] N (Bot) → capuchina f
nasturtium [næˈstɜːrʃəm] ncapucine f
nasturtium
n(Kapuziner)kresse f, → Kapuziner m
nasturtium [nəˈstɜːʃm] ncappuccina, nasturzio (indiano)
nasturtium [nəˈstɜːʃm] ncappuccina, nasturzio (indiano)


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The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached the old man, who, mounted on a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at his window.
Thus, when they were passing through Toucques, and came to some windows draped with nasturtiums, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "There's a woman, Madame Lehoussais, who, instead of taking a young man--" Felicite could not catch what followed; the horses began to trot, the donkey to gallop, and they turned into a lane; then a gate swung open, two farm- hands appeared and they all dismounted at the very threshold of the farm-house.
The nasturtiums are to be of every sort and shade, and are to climb and creep and grow in bushes, and show their lovely flowers and leaves to the best advantage.
 
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