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nasturtium
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nasturtium \Nas*tur"tium\, n. [L. nasturtium, for nasitortium, fr. nasus nose + torquere, tortum, to twist, torture, in allusion to the causing one to make a wry face by its pungent taste. See Nose of the face, and Torture .] (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The popular name of the ''Tropaeolum'' genus of flowering plants native to south and central America. 2 A genus, ''Nasturtium'', that includes watercress.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Nasturtium is a genus of seven plant species in the family Brassicaceae (cabbage family), best known for the edible watercresses Nasturtium microphyllum ( Rorippa microphylla ) and Nasturtium officinale ( R. nasturtium-aquaticum ). Nasturtium was previously ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers aquatic herbs [syn: genus Nasturtium ] flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-12c., "plant of the mustard family, like watercress," from Latin nasturtium "cress;" the popular etymology explanation of the name (Pliny) is that it is from Latin *nasitortium , literally "nose-twist," from nasus "nose" (see nose (n.)) + past participle ...
Usage examples of nasturtium.
They also favour certain plants for living quarters, among them agapanthus, lilies, irises, ice plants, ivy, nasturtiums, jasmine and strawberries.
And for the autumn, at the back of her border, there were orange and yellow chrysanths, but a totally different orange and yellow from the nasturtiums, much deeper, much more autumny, and also tall rain-smelling Michaelmas daisies.
The urns atop the balustrades had been planted up with stocks, nasturtiums, geraniums and variegated hedera that trailed profusely.
Brassica, and Zea, and Maranta, and Capsicum, a fiery fellow, and Nasturtium, crowned with bright orange-flowers, and a great many others.
The portulacas grow around the border, then come the nasturtiums, and finally the taller geraniums in the centre.
Flowers include nasturtiums, marigolds, petunias, geraniums, and chrysanthemums.
The walls were papered in a pattern of faded nasturtiums, the woodwork grained to look like walnut.
Nevertheless I have never been able to be inhospitable and, it being later in the year, at least there was more produce available from my garden, so in the end I decided upon courgette fritters with mayonnaise dip, eggs Florentine, Spanish omelette, kedgeree, broad bean dip, nasturtium salad and roast tomatoes with garlic.
The leaves, most of which grow directly from the rootstock, are in shape some what like those of the garden Nasturtium, being circular, their stalks, 2 to 6 inches long, springing from about the centre of their undersurfaces, an arrangement that is termed botanically peltate.
The village of Our Lady was before them, houses brown with weathering and green with rose vines, picket fences burning with a soft fire of nasturtiums.
After the braised fennel amandine and the tossed salad with nasturtium seeds, and the chestnut puree in meringue nests, and the demitasse, Qwilleran reached in his pocket for his pipe and drew forth the turquoise beetle that Koko had found near the waterfront.