Definition of Tropaeolum minus

1. Noun. Annual with deep yellow flowers smaller than the common garden nasturtium.

Exact synonyms: Bush Nasturtium
Generic synonyms: Nasturtium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tropaeolum Minus

Trombicula
Trombicula akamushi
Trombicula alfreddugesi
Trombicula deliensis
Trombiculidae
Trombidiidae
Tromner
Tromner's reflex
Tromsø
Trondheim
Trondheim Fiord
Trondheim Fjord
Tropaeolaceae
Tropaeolum
Tropaeolum majus
Tropaeolum minus (current term)
Tropaeolum peregrinum
Trophonian
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropics
Tropidoclonion
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Tropæolum
Trotsky
Trotskyism
Trotskyist
Trotskyists
Trotskyite

Literary usage of Tropaeolum minus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"Dwarf or Tom Thumb Nasturtiums Tropaeolum minus These plants have a neat, compact habit of growth and attractive foliage, and are not infested by insects. ..."

2. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight (1880)
"... some larger beds of Tropaeolum minus in great variety of color, the Tom Thumb or dwarf varieties at the edges and the tall- growing kinds gradually ..."

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