"Nasturtium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D031223
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.157.644
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| Concept/Terms |
Nasturtium officinale- Nasturtium officinale
- Nasturtium officinales
- officinales, Nasturtium
- Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
- Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum
- Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticums
- nasturtium-aquaticum, Rorippa
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