nasturtium

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

• garden nasturtium, Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus — 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
• bush nasturtium, Tropaeolum minus — annual with deep yellow flowers smaller than the common garden nasturtium
• canarybird flower, canarybird vine, canary creeper, Tropaeolum peregrinum — a climber having canary-colored flowers

• herb, herbaceous plant — a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

• nasturtium — flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings

• Tropaeolum, genus Tropaeolum — a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae