nasturtium
nasturtium · nasturtiums · nasturtia
настурция, капуцин
Kapuzinerkresse
The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants…The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
UK/nasˈtɜːʃəm/US/næsˈtɝʃəm/
Meaning
3 sensesThe popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
Kapuzinerkresse
насту́рцияnastúrcija, капуци́нkapucín
a genus of seven plant species in the family Brassicaceae (Nasturtium)
Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
plant of the genus Tropaeolum:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
plant of the genus Tropaeolum:
Origin
From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasFrom Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium.
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Forms
plural: nasturtiums / nasturtiaSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a genus of seven plant species in the family Brassicaceae (Nasturtium):genus Nasturtium
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedgarden nasturtium
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular