nasturtium
noun/nəˈstɜːʃəm/
/nəˈstɜːrʃəm/
- a garden plant with round flat leaves and red, orange or yellow flowers that are sometimes eaten in saladsWord OriginOld English (originally denoting any plant of the cabbage family of the genus Nasturtium, including watercress): from Latin, apparently from naris ‘nose’ + torquere ‘to twist’.
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