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Definition of Tropaeolum
1. Noun. A tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Tropaeolaceae, Nasturtium Family, Tropaeolaceae
Member holonyms: Nasturtium
Definition of Tropaeolum
1. [n -LA or -LUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tropaeolum
Literary usage of Tropaeolum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"... where he had questioned whether Tropaeolum was one of the food plants of Pieris
rapae, as he thought there might be a confusion from the fact that the ..."
2. A Reader in Botany: Selected and Adapted from Well-known Authors by Jane Hancox Newell (1893)
"... OF Tropaeolum.1 THE flowers stand on upright stalks in a horizontal position,
which is unusual, and are therefore irregular. ..."
3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"In Tropaeolum majus, L. the epidermis on both sides of the leaf contains tubular
cells, ... In Tropaeolum the petiole contains isolated vascular bundles. ..."
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