Tropaeolum

Tropaeolum
n. a trailing or climbing plant of the genus Tropaeolum, with trumpet-shaped yellow, orange, or red flowers.
Etymology: mod.L f. L tropaeum trophy, with ref. to the likeness of the flower and leaf to a helmet and shield

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noun
a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
• Syn: ↑genus Tropaeolum
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tropaeolaceae, ↑family Tropaeolaceae, ↑nasturtium family
• Member Meronyms: ↑nasturtium

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\\-ləm\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of Latin tropaeum trophy — more at trophy
1. capitalized : a genus of tropical American diffuse or climbing pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae and having lobed or dissected peltate leaves and showy variously colored spurred flowers succeeded by a fruit composed of three distinct rugose carpels — see canarybird flower, nasturtium 2
2. -s : any plant or flower of the genus Tropaeolum

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tropaeolum /tro-pēˈə-ləm/
noun (pl tropaeˈola or tropaeˈolums)
The Indian cress and canary-creeper genus, S American trailing or climbing plants constituting a family Tropaeolāˈceae related to the geraniums, esp the garden nasturtium
ORIGIN: Gr tropaion a trophy (from the shield-shaped leaves and helmet-like flowers)
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tropaeˈolin noun
Any of a group of dyes of complex structure

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