nasturtium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /nasˈtɜːʃəm/|/nəsˈtɜːʃəm/    美 /næsˈtɝʃəm/|/nəsˈtɝʃəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
    — 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!
  2. A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
  3. Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.

词形变化

nasturtiums plural nasturtia plural nasturtian alternative nasturtion alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
garden nasturtium

词源

From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium.
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