Meaning of Nasturtium | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“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!”

“Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay⟳ on the flat nasturtium leaves.”

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