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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 capers
Familiarity information: TROPAEOLUM MAJUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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