arugula

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) 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:
2. (countable, uncountable) 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:

Synonyms

rocket

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roquette

rocket salad

garden rocket

Eruca sativa

Eruca vesicaria sativa

salad rocket

rucola

Eruca

rugula

colewort

Translations

rucola

ruchetta

Rauke

rúcula

roquette

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rúcula

Rucola

ρόκα

جرجير

ruca

rucola

roka

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ruca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈɹuɡələ/

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.