Nasturtium ¹

Definition: A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.

Nasturtium ²

Definition: Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads.

nasturtium ³

Definition: flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings

Nasturtium ⁴

Definition: aquatic herbs

nasturtium ⁵

Definition: any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers