Meanings
- datedA plant of species Tropaeolum majus).
Synonyms: garden nasturtium, monks cress, nasturtium, trophywort
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant of species Tropaeolum majus).
More synonyms by meaning
nounstrong-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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
So called because these plants were introduced from the Americas, then popularly known as the Indies, and used like cress as salad ingredients.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch Oost-Indische kers, jonkmans
- Oost-Indische kersTropaeolum majus
- jonkmansTropaeolum majus
- haringbloemTropaeolum majus
Finnish isoköynnöskrassi
- isoköynnöskrassiTropaeolum majus
German Große Kapuzinerkresse
- Große KapuzinerkresseTropaeolum majus
Swedish indiankrasse
- indiankrasseTropaeolum majus
Cite this entry
Indian cress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20cress
“Indian cress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20cress. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indian cress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20cress.
Source: Indian cress on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.