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Nasturtium n.

(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.

(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (Tropaeolum 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.

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... Then a second basin held in coarse red hands appeared round the kitchen door and in a moment a woman, large and coarse, with the sleeves of her large-checked blue and white cotton dress rolled back and a great "teapot" of pale nasturtium coloured hair shining above the third of Miriam's "bony" German faces had emerged and plumped her steaming basin down ...

— Pointed Roofs - Pilgrimage, Volume 1 • Dorothy Richardson

... To secure the best results with this plant, when grown as a hedge or screen, set it in rows about a foot apart, each way, and use some of the dwarf sorts for the front row. Or a flowering plant of contrasting color—like the Nasturtium, or the double yellow Marigold, or the velvety African variety, with flowers of a dark maroon shading to blackish-brown—can be grown at its base, ...

— Amateur Gardencraft - A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover • Eben E. Rexford

Words linked to "Nasturtium" : Nasturtium officinale, nasturtium family, Tropaeolum peregrinum, mustard family, seasoner, Brassicaceae, flavoring, canary creeper, genus Tropaeolum, Tropaeolum, bush nasturtium, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus, family Cruciferae, Cruciferae, common watercress, seasoning, genus Nasturtium, family Brassicaceae