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单词 nasturtium
释义

nasturtium

/nəˈstəːʃ(ə)m /
noun
A South American trailing plant with round leaves and bright orange, yellow, or red flowers, which is widely grown as an ornamental.
  • Tropaeolum majus, family Tropaeolaceae.
Examples of these are ivy (the variegated types look very pretty), trailing lobelia, nasturtiums and ivy leaf geraniums....
  • These could be interspersed with edible flowers, trailing nasturtiums and orange Calendula would be musts.
  • For great foliage and color contrast, plant yellow nasturtiums around the outer rim of the planter.

Origin

Old English (originally denoting any cruciferous plant of the genus Nasturtium, including watercress): from Latin, apparently from naris 'nose' + torquere 'to twist'.

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