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A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.

A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine. Gray. Horse-radish tree. (Bot.) See Moringa.

(Z. Mays); the maize, a native of America. See Corn, and Maize. -- Indian cress (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2. -- Indian cucumber (Bot.), a plant of the genus Medeola (M. Virginica), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers. -- Indian currant (Bot.), a plant of…

Same as Nasturtium.

wers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium.

of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropæolum).

A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.

A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.

A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.