| nasturtion | <botany> Same as Nasturtium. See: Nasturtium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nasturtium | 1. <botany> 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. 2. <botany> Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. Peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads. Origin: L. Nasturtium, for nasitortium, fr. Nasus nose + torquere, tortum, to twist, torture, in allusion to the causing one to make a wry face by its pungent taste. See Nose of the face, and Torture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nasus | Synonym: external nose. Synonym: nose. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nasus externus | The visible portion of the nose which forms a prominent feature of the face; it consists of a root, dorsum and apex from above downward and is perforated inferiorly by two nostrils separated by a septum. Synonym: nasus externus, nasus. (05 Mar 2000) |