nasturtium

== English == === Alternative forms === nasturtian, nasturtion (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nasˈtɜːʃəm/, /nəsˈtɜːʃəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /næsˈtɝʃəm/, /nəsˈtɝʃəm/ === Noun === nasturtium (plural nasturtiums or nasturtia) The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “nasturtium, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2003. == Latin == === Etymology === From nāris (“nose”) + torquere (“to twist”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [naːsˈtʊr.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [nasˈtur.t͡si.um] === Noun === nāsturtium n (genitive nāsturtiī or nāsturtī); second declension cress ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “nasturtium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “menstruço”, in Grande Dicionário Houaiss ‎[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Antônio Houaiss, 2012, via UOL, etim.