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a·ru·gu·la       [uh-roo-guh-luh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a Mediterranean plant, Eruca vesicaria sativa, of the mustard family, having pungent leaves used in salads.
Also called rocket, roquette.


[Origin: 1965–70; appar. < an Upper It dial. form, akin to Lombard arigola, Venetian rucola < L érūca name for Eruca sativa (cf. It ruca), with dim. suffix -ola < L -ula -ule; cf. rocket2]
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a·ru·gu·la       (ə-rōō'gə-lə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A Mediterranean plant (Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) having flowers with purple-veined, yellowish-white petals and pungent, edible leaves. Also called rocket2, rocket salad, roquette.


[Probably Italian dialectal, from Latin ērūca, cabbage.]

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arugula

noun
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender [syn: rocket

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