ROQUETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roquette mean? 

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

1. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROQUETTE (noun)

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 ("roquette" 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 ("roquette" is a member of...):

Eruca; genus Eruca (annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region)