nasturtium
See also: Nasturtium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From naris (“nose”) + torquere (“to twist”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nasturtium (plural nasturtiums or nasturtia)
- 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.
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 281
- A genus, Nasturtium, that includes watercress.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a plant used in salads
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Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
nasturtium n (genitive nasturtiī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second declension neuter.
References[edit]
- nasturtium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- en:Flowers
- en:Spices and herbs
- en:Brassicales order plants
- en:Crucifers
- Latin lemmas
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- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- la:Spices and herbs