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ROCKET SALAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rocket salad mean?
• ROCKET SALAD (noun)
The noun ROCKET SALAD has 1 sense:
1. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
Familiarity information: ROCKET SALAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
arugula; Eruca sativa; Eruca vesicaria sativa; garden rocket; rocket; rocket salad; roquette
Hypernyms ("rocket salad" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("rocket salad" is a member of...):
Eruca; genus Eruca (annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region)
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