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- noun Plural form of
nasturtion .
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Examples
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Have some strong vinegar in a jar with a little salt, and as you gather the nasturtions, put them in, and keep the jar tied close.
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea
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Flag root, nasturtions, and radish tops, are also nice to fill them with.
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If you like them stuffed, chop white cabbage fine, season it highly with cloves, cinnamon, mace, and fill the peppers with it -- add nasturtions if you like -- sew them up carefully, and put them in cold spiced vinegar.
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When you have done collecting the nasturtions, turn off the brine, and pour on scalding hot vinegar.
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We found some nice peaches, and brought home a pretty bouquet of white roses and nasturtions.
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I thought, if he did get rid of them nasty horses, and that there Mr. Gardner, with his great nasturtions on his face, it would be a blessed day.
Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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"There, there, there! how pretty the light falls through those nasturtions!
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