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Definition of Genus Nasturtium
1. Noun. Aquatic herbs.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Common Watercress, Nasturtium Officinale, Rorippa Nasturtium-aquaticum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nasturtium
Literary usage of Genus Nasturtium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"Two genera divide the honors as regards the designation of the true cresses.
One is the genus Nasturtium which in recent years has been occasionally known ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The genus nasturtium (Lat. name tortas, a tortured nose, some of the plants being
exceedingly pungent) includes among other plants the well known water ..."
3. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"De Candolle thinks this may belong to his genus Nasturtium; while Torrey and Gray
place it, with a mark oi doubt, ..."
4. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"There actually is a genus Nasturtium, so that the case presents a parallel to
Geranium and Pelargonium, the Zonal Pelargonium being almost always called ..."
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