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TROPAEOLUM MAJUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tropaeolum majus mean? 

TROPAEOLUM MAJUS (noun)
  The noun TROPAEOLUM MAJUS 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: TROPAEOLUM MAJUS used as a noun is very rare.


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TROPAEOLUM MAJUS (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 ("Tropaeolum majus" is a kind of...):

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


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