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Noun: garden rocket  'gaa(r)-d(u)n 'ró-kit
  1. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
    - rocket, roquette, rocket salad, arugula [N. Amer], Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, rucola [N. Amer], rugola [N. Amer]

Derived forms: garden rockets

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Eruca, genus Eruca

Encyclopedia: Garden rocket