1. a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae; [syn: Tropaeolum, genus Tropaeolum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Tropaeolum
n 1: a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or
diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
[syn: Tropaeolum, genus Tropaeolum]