ERUCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eruca mean? 

• ERUCA (noun)
  The noun ERUCA has 1 sense:

1. annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region

  Familiarity information: ERUCA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERUCA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eruca; genus Eruca

Hypernyms ("Eruca" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Eruca"):

arugula; Eruca sativa; Eruca vesicaria sativa; garden rocket; rocket; rocket salad; roquette (erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender)

Holonyms ("Eruca" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)