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A plant genus of the family BRASSICACEAE. Nasturtium is also used as a common name for TROPAEOLUM. The common name of watercress is also used for RORIPPA & TROPAEOLUM. This is the most popular of the edible cresses, is a hardy creeping perennial plant, native to Europe but extensively naturalized elsewhere in moist places.
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- Nasturtiums
- Nasturtium officinale
- Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
- Nasturtium officinales
- Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum
- Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticums
- nasturtium-aquaticum, Rorippa
- officinales, Nasturtium
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.
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NASTURTIUM, GARDEN see TROPAEOLUM is also available
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2003
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Nasturtium. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D031223. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D031223
- Nasturtium. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasturtium_(plant_genus)
- Nasturtium. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161068