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nasturtium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /nəsˈtɜːʃəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /nəsˈtɝʃəm/ (General-American)
• /nasˈtɜːʃəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /næsˈtɝʃəm/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium.

Meanings

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! 1915, Robert W. Chambers, “Un Peu d'Amour”, in Police!!!:
   • Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. 1922, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “At the Bay”, in The Garden Party, London: Constable & Company, page 1:
2. A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
3. Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.

Forms

Deriveds

garden nasturtium

Synonyms

Indian cress · monks cress

Translations (37)

eo tropeolo (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · cs lichořeřišnice (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · fi vesikrassi (plant of the genus Nasturtium) · ja 凌霄葉蓮 (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · ru насту́рция (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · ar كَبُوسِين (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · fr capucine (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · tr Latin çiçeği (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · fi koristekrassi (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · hy հնդկոտեմ (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · bg пореч (plant of the genus Nasturtium) · sv källfräne (plant of the genus Nasturtium) · ja 金蓮花 (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · de Kapuzinerkresse (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · it nasturzio (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · pdt Kjrass (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · ja キンレンカ (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · enm nasturcium (plant of the genus Nasturtium) · ca caputxina (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · sv krasse (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · bg друмче (plant of the genus Nasturtium) · es capuchina (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · hsb kraska (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · ru капуци́н (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · eu kaputxina (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · ja ノウゼンハレン (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · nl Oost-Indische kers (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · nl kapucijn (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · be капуцын (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · be настурка (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · tr altın çiçeği (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · da tallerkensmækker (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · cmn 旱莲草 (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · pl nasturcja (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · es capuchina (plant of the genus Nasturtium) · bg лати́нка (plant of the genus Tropaeolum) · csb rãplôcz (plant of the genus Tropaeolum)