English Explanatory Dictionary

nasturtium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
  2. A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
  3. Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.

Pronunciation

/nasˈtɜːʃəm/ /nəsˈtɜːʃəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nasturtium.wav /næsˈtɝʃəm/ /nəsˈtɝʃəm/

Word forms

nasturtium nasturtiums nasturtia nasturtian nasturtion

Etymology

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

Synonyms

monks cress Indian cress

Derived words

garden nasturtium

Translations

Arabic: كَبُوسِين Armenian: հնդկոտեմ Basque: kaputxina Belarusian: настурка Belarusian: капуцын Bulgarian: лати́нка Catalan: caputxina Chinese Mandarin: 旱莲草 Czech: lichořeřišnice Danish: tallerkensmækker Esperanto: tropeolo Finnish: koristekrassi French: capucine German: Kapuzinerkresse Italian: nasturzio Japanese: 金蓮花 Japanese: キンレンカ Japanese: 凌霄葉蓮 Japanese: ノウゼンハレン Kashubian: rãplôcz Plautdietsch: Kjrass Polish: nasturcja Russian: насту́рция Russian: капуци́н Upper Sorbian: kraska Spanish: capuchina Swedish: krasse
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