eruca sativa

Noun
Synonyms: rocketroquettegarden rocketrocket saladarugulaEruca sativaEruca vesicaria sativa

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tenderSynonyms: rocketroquettegarden rocketrocket saladarugulaEruca sativaEruca vesicaria sativa
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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