| NOUN | plant | nasturtium | any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers |
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| plant | Nasturtium, genus Nasturtium | aquatic herbs | |
| food | nasturtium | flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings |
| Meaning | Any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers. | |
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| Member of | Tropaeolum, genus Tropaeolum | A tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae |
| Parts | nasturtium | flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings |
| Narrower | bush nasturtium, Tropaeolum minus | Annual with deep yellow flowers smaller than the common garden nasturtium |
| canarybird flower, canarybird vine, canary creeper, Tropaeolum peregrinum | A climber having flowers that are the color of canaries | |
| garden nasturtium, Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus | strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | capuchina | |
| Meaning | aquatic herbs. | |
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| Synonym | genus Nasturtium | |
| Member of | Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family | A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers |
| Members | common watercress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, Nasturtium officinale | perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
| Spanish | capuchina, genus nasturtium, nasturtium | |
| Catalan | genus nasturtium, nasturtium | |
| Meaning | flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings. | |
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| Part of | nasturtium | Any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers |
| Broader | flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning | Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts |
| Spanish | capuchina | |
| Catalan | caputxina | |
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