English Dictionary

INDIAN CRESS

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian cress mean? 

INDIAN CRESS (noun)
  The noun INDIAN CRESS has 1 sense:

1. strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capersplay

  Familiarity information: INDIAN CRESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INDIAN CRESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

garden nasturtium; Indian cress; Tropaeolum majus

Hypernyms ("Indian cress" is a kind of...):

nasturtium (any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife." (English proverb)

"Ask questions from your heart and you will be answered from the heart." (Native American proverb, Omaha)

"If two thieves quarreled, what was stolen emerges." (Arabic proverb)

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." (Danish proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact