[na-stur-shuh
m, nuh-] 
| any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers. |
| nas·tur·tium (nə-stûr'shəm, nā-) n.
[Middle English nasturcium, a kind of cress, from Latin nasturtium : perhaps nāsus, nose; see nas- in Indo-European roots + *tortāre, frequentative of torquēre, to twist (from its pungent smell); see terkw- in Indo-European roots.] |