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nasturtion

nasturtion is the archaic form of nasturtium.

Meaning of nasturtium

Noun

nasturtium (plural nasturtiums or nasturtia)

  1. The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
    • To me a nasturtium by the river brink is more than a simple flower. It is a broader, grander, more magnificent, more stupendous symbol. It may mean anything, everything—such as sunsets and conflagrations and Götterdämmerungs!1915, Robert W. Chambers, “Un Peu d'Amour”, in Police!!!
  2. A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
  3. Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.

Forms of nasturtion

pluralnasturtions

Questions about nasturtion

What is nasturtion the archaic form of?
Nasturtion is the archaic form of nasturtium.

Words near nasturtion in the dictionary

  1. nastrophite
  2. Nasts
  3. nasturtia
  4. nasturtian
  5. nasturtians
  6. nasturtion
  7. nasturtions
  8. nasturtium
  9. nasturtiums
  10. nasty
  11. nasty gram

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