nasturtium

See also: Nasturtium

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From naris (“nose”) + torquere (“to twist”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /næsˈtɜːʃəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /næsˈtɝʃəm/, /nəsˈtɝʃəm/

Noun

nasturtium (plural nasturtiums or nasturtia)

1. The popular name of the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
   • 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 281

     Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves.

2. A genus, Nasturtium, that includes watercress.

Synonyms

1. monks cress, Indian cress

Derived terms

• cast nasturtiums

Translations

a plant used in salads

• Armenian: հնդկոտեմ (hy) (hndkotem)
• Basque: kaputxina
• German: Kapuzinerkresse (de) f

• Maori: natahama
• Spanish: berro (es), nasturcio

genus

• Catalan: caputxina f
• Czech: řeřicha (cs)
• French: grande capucine f
• Italian: nasturzio (it) m, cappuccina m, tropeolo m

• Norman: capuchinne f
• Romanian: călțunaș (ro) m
• Spanish: capuchina (es) f

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Latin

Noun

nasturtium n (genitive nasturtiī); second declension

1. cress

Declension

Second declension neuter.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	nasturtium	nasturtia
genitive	nasturtiī	nasturtiōrum
dative	nasturtiō	nasturtiīs
accusative	nasturtium	nasturtia
ablative	nasturtiō	nasturtiīs
vocative	nasturtium	nasturtia

References

• nasturtium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press