English Explanatory Dictionary

Indian cress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant of species Tropaeolum majus).

Word forms

Indian cress

Etymology

So called because these plants were introduced from the Americas, then popularly known as the Indies, and used like cress as salad ingredients.

Synonyms

garden nasturtium monks cress nasturtium trophywort
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