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nasturtium
(næstɜːʳʃəm)
Word forms: plural nasturtiums
countable noun
Nasturtiums are low plants with large round leaves and orange, red, and yellow flowers.
nasturtium in British English
(nəˈstɜːʃəm)
noun
any of various plants of the genus Tropaeolum, esp T. major, having round leaves and yellow, red, or orange trumpet-shaped spurred flowers: family Tropaeolaceae
Word origin
C17: from Latin: kind of cress, from nāsus nose + tortus twisted, from torquēre to twist, distort; so called because the pungent smell causes one to wrinkle one'snosenasturtium in American English
(nəˈstɜrʃəm; næˈstɜrʃəm)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Tropaeolum, family Tropaeolaceae) of dicotyledonous garden plants (order Geraniales) with shield-shaped leaves, and showy, trumpet-shaped, usually red, yellow, or orange spurred flowers
2.
the flower
Word origin
L, kind of cress < *nasitortium, lit., nose-twist < nasus, nose + pp. of torquere, to turn, twist (see tort): from the pungent odor of the plantImage ofnasturtium
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