tropaeolum
noun
tro·pae·o·lum
-ləm
1
capitalized : a genus of tropical American diffuse or climbing pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae and having lobed or dissected peltate leaves and showy variously colored spurred flowers succeeded by a fruit composed of three distinct rugose carpels see canarybird flower, nasturtium sense 2
2
plural -s : any plant or flower of the genus Tropaeolum
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, diminutive of Latin tropaeum trophy
First Known Use
1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1