Meanings
plural nasturtiums · plural nasturtia · alternative nasturtian · alternative nasturtion
- The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves.
1922, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “At the Bay”, in The Garden Party, London: Constable & Company, page 11 more example
To me a nasturtium by the river brink is more than a simple flower. It is a broader, grander, more magnificent, more stupendous symbol. It may mean anything, everything—such as sunsets and conflagrations and Götterdämmerungs!
1915, Robert W. Chambers, “Un Peu d'Amour”, in Police!!! - A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
Synonyms: monks cress, Indian cress
- Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
Origin
- Latinnasturtium
- Old Englishnasturcium“watercress”
- Middle Englishnasturcium
- Englishnasturtium
From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كَبُوسِين
- كَبُوسِين (kabūsīn)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
Basque kaputxina
- kaputxinaplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Bulgarian пореч, друмче
- пореч (poreč)plant of the genus Nasturtium
- друмче (drumče)plant of the genus Nasturtium
- лати́нка (latínka)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
Catalan caputxina
- caputxinaplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Chinese Mandarin 旱莲草
- 旱莲草 (hànliáncǎo)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
Czech lichořeřišnice
- lichořeřišniceplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Danish tallerkensmækker
- tallerkensmækkerplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Dutch Oost-Indische kers, kapucijn
- Oost-Indische kersplant of the genus Tropaeolum
- kapucijnplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Esperanto tropeolo
- tropeoloplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Finnish vesikrassi, koristekrassi
- vesikrassiplant of the genus Nasturtium
- koristekrassiplant of the genus Tropaeolum
French capucine
- capucineplant of the genus Tropaeolum
German Kapuzinerkresse
- Kapuzinerkresseplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Italian nasturzio
- nasturzioplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Japanese 金蓮花, キンレンカ
- 金蓮花 (kinrenka)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
- キンレンカ (kinrenka)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
- 凌霄葉蓮 (nōzenharen)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
- ノウゼンハレン (nōzenharen)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
Polish nasturcja
- nasturcjaplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Russian насту́рция, капуци́н
- насту́рция (nastúrcija)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
- капуци́н (kapucín)plant of the genus Tropaeolum
Spanish capuchina, capuchina
- capuchinaplant of the genus Nasturtium
- capuchinaplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Swedish källfräne, krasse
- källfräneplant of the genus Nasturtium
- krasseplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Turkish Latin çiçeği, altın çiçeği
- Latin çiçeğiplant of the genus Tropaeolum
- altın çiçeğiplant of the genus Tropaeolum
Cite this entry
nasturtium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasturtium
“nasturtium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasturtium. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nasturtium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasturtium.
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