arugula
Meanings
Plural: arugulas
Noun
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:
- Eruca spp., especially Eruca sativa (syn. Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa)
- A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:
- Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Origin / Etymology
Probably from a Southern Italian dialect word equivalent to Standard Italian rucola, whence also, since c. 1967, English rucola. Also cognate to rocket (“plant”), eruca, roquette.
Synonyms
colewort, eruca, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, perennial wall-rocket, rocket, rocket salad, rocketsalad, roquette, rucola, rucoli, rugola, rugula, salad rocket
Scrabble Score: 8
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