Nasal

na'zal, a. Pert, to the nose spoken through the nose. — n. An elementary sound uttered through the nose, or through both nose and mouth simultaneously. (Med.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. [F.; LL. nasal is, pert. to the (L.) nas us = E. nose.] — Nasality, -zal'T-tT, n. State or quality of being nasal. — Nasturlium, -ter's hum, n. A plant of several species, cultivated for showy, strong-scented, yellow or orange flowers, as a salad plant, and for pungent flower buds and seeds (for pickling) Indian cre also, the water cre and allied cruciferous plants. [L., fr. nas us, nose, and torguere, tortum, to twist, torture, because distorts the nose.] Nascent. See under Nation.