Nasturtium
/nasˈtɜːʃəm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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!"
- 2 flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings wordnet
- 3 A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
- 4 any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers wordnet
- 5 Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.
Synonyms
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More examples"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!"
Etymology
From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium.