Indian cress en · NOUN
Etymology
So called because these plants were introduced from the Americas, then popularly known as the Indies, and used like cress as salad ingredients.
Meanings
- (dated) A plant of species Tropaeolum majus).
Synonyms
trophywort · monks cress · garden nasturtium · nasturtium
Translations (6)
fi isoköynnöskrassi (Tropaeolum majus) · nl jonkmans (Tropaeolum majus) · sv indiankrasse (Tropaeolum majus) · de Große Kapuzinerkresse (Tropaeolum majus) · nl Oost-Indische kers (Tropaeolum majus) · nl haringbloem (Tropaeolum majus)