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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: nasturtium (0.01062 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to nasturtium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: nasturtium nasturtium n 1: any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers 2: aquatic herbs [syn: genus Nasturtium] 3: flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings
English → English (gcide) Definition: Nasturtium Nasturtium \Nas*tur"tium\, n. [L. nasturtium, for nasitortium, fr. nasus nose + torquere, tortum, to twist, torture, in allusion to the causing one to make a wry face by its pungent taste. See Nose of the face, and Torture.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Trop[ae]olum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Trop[ae]olum majus), the canary-bird flower (Trop[ae]olum peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads. [1913 Webster]

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