Indian cress


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Related to Indian cress: garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus
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Noun1.Indian cress - strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capersIndian cress - strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers
garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus
nasturtium - any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
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