INDIAN CRESS

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 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 capers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN CRESS (noun)

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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)