nasturtium UK /nasˈtɜːʃəm/US /næsˈtɝʃəm/ noun3 •The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. — 1922 •A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus). •Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress. formsnasturtia · nasturtiums