Nasturtium

See also: nasturtium

Translingual

Nasturtium officinale

Etymology

From Latin nasturtium (“cress”).

Proper noun

Nasturtium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – watercress and its close relatives.

Synonyms

• (genus): Cardaria, Stubendorffia

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Cardamineae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Nasturtium officinale (watercress) - type species; Nasturtium africanum, Nasturtium floridanum, Nasturtium gambellii (Gambel's yellowcress, Gambel's watercress), Nasturtium microphyllum (one-row watercress) - other species

Derived terms

• Nasturtiopsis

References

• Nasturtium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nasturtium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Nasturtium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Nasturtium at Brassibase