1.
[syn: rocket larkspur, Consolida ambigua, Delphinium ajacis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It
ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)
(a) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in
Europe as a salad.
(b) Damewort.
(c) Rocket larkspur. See below.
[1913 Webster]
Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.
Rocket larkspur (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers
in long racemes (Delphinium Ajacis).
Sea rocket (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants
(Cakile maritima and Cakile Americana) found on the
seashore of Europe and America.
Yellow rocket (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow
flowers (Barbarea vulgaris).
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rocket larkspur
n 1: commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having
unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish
or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
[syn: rocket larkspur, Consolida ambigua, Delphinium
ajacis]