nasturtium

See also: Nasturtium

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

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Translations

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

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