It is a peppery nasturtium or a groundbreaking French politician or indicative of a color in the middle of the visible spectrum. What is it?

jensj2

Edith Cresson is the first female Prime Minister in the history of France. Cresson is French for watercress, and also a color. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cresson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89dith_Cresson http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasturtium Sep 25 08, 2:09 PM

redsoxfan325

Orange? 1. Some nasturtiums are orange. http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/gilbert/nasturtiums.htm 2. Guillaume d’Orange was a French politician in the time of Charlemagne. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Gellone 3. Orange is a color in the visible spectrum. (no source needed) Sep 25 08, 2:11 PM

edmund80

Excellent, Jens ! And good work too Nick, but I was looking for " cresson ". This peppery herb which is great on salads and sandwiches also refers to the first and so far the only female French Prime Minister. Finally, the yellow green color which is what cresson is, falls right in the middle of the visible light spectrum ( which by the way, is why it is highly visible to the human eye - it is directly in the middle of the frequencies of visible light ). The color cresson can also be called chartreuse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_spectrum#Spectral_colors http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/chartreuse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_(color) Sep 25 08, 2:29 PM

Baloo55th

The watercress is Nasturtium officinale http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=NAOF The orange things are Tropaeolum, but popularly called nasturtiums. There is no relationship between the two genera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum Both the white flowered watercress and the orange flowered Tropaeolum are edible, just to confuse the issue. I go with Cresson..... Sep 25 08, 2:32 PM

Baloo55th

I hate it when posts appear that you can't see till too late....... Sep 25 08, 2:49 PM