Nasturtium Definition

nə-stûrshəm, nă-
nasturtiums
noun
Any of a genus (Tropaeolum, family Tropaeolaceae) of dicotyledonous garden plants (order Geraniales) with shield-shaped leaves, and showy, trumpet-shaped, usually red, yellow, or orange spurred flowers.
Webster's New World
A brilliant orange yellow.
American Heritage
The flower.
Webster's New World

A genus, Nasturtium, that includes watercress.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • genus Nasturtium
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae "” watercress and its close relatives.

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Other Word Forms of Nasturtium

Noun

Singular:
nasturtium
Plural:
nasturtia, nasturtiums

Origin of Nasturtium

  • Middle English nasturcium a kind of cress from Latin nasturtium perhaps nāsus nose nas- in Indo-European roots tortāre frequentative of torquēre to twist (from its pungent smell) terkw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From naris (“nose") + torquere (“to twist")

    From Wiktionary

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