Eruca sativa : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Eruca sativa	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Eruca sativa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eruca sativa n erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender Synonym(s): rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. {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 {C. Americana}) found on the seashore of Europe and America. {Yellow rocket} (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris}).