"Indian cress" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: So called because these plants were introduced from the Americas, then popularly known as the Indies, and used like cress as salad ingredients. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Indian cress
  1. (dated) A plant of species Tropaeolum majus). Tags: dated Categories (lifeform): Brassicales order plants Synonyms: garden nasturtium, monks cress, nasturtium, trophywort Translations (Tropaeolum majus): isoköynnöskrassi (Finnish), Große Kapuzinerkresse [feminine] (German), indiankrasse [common-gender] (Swedish)

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