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tropaeolum

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tropaeolum [trəʊˈpiːələm]
n pl -lums, -la [-lə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
[from New Latin, from Latin tropaeum trophy; referring to the shield-shaped leaves and helmet-shaped flowers]
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Noun1.tropaeolum - a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family TropaeolaceaeTropaeolum - a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
genus Tropaeolum
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
family Tropaeolaceae, nasturtium family, Tropaeolaceae - coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
nasturtium - any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
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Byline: Graham Porter IF YOU have ever seen the perennial cup and saucer flower, Cobaea scandens, in its full summer glory or an old conifer covered in the scarlet red flowers of the Flame Creeper, Tropaeolum speciosum, you will know that the world of summer flowering garden climbers goes way beyond the limited vision of clematis and the climbing rose.
The dizzy heights of summertime climbers; GARDENING Tips and common ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Gladioli and other summer-flowering corms such as ixias and sparaxis, tubers of Tropaeolum tuberosum and half-hardy summer-flowering bulbs including tigridias and chincherinchees should be lifted in autumn, as soon as the foliage has been blackened by frost.
gardening by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Gladioli and other summer-flowering corms such as ixias and sparaxis, tubers of tropaeolum tuberosum and half-hardy summer-flowering bulbs including tigridias and chincherinchees, should be lifted in autumn when the foliage has been blackened by frost.
How to give your bulbs a lift for winter; gardening by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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