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Noun: arugula  a'roo-g(y)u-lu
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: rocket)
  1. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
    - rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, rucola [N. Amer], rugola [N. Amer]

Derived forms: arugulas

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Eruca, genus Eruca

Encyclopedia: Arugula