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SEA-ROCKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea-rocket mean? 

SEA-ROCKET (noun)
  The noun SEA-ROCKET has 1 sense:

1. salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliageplay

  Familiarity information: SEA-ROCKET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEA-ROCKET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cakile maritima; sea-rocket

Hypernyms ("sea-rocket" 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 ("sea-rocket" is a member of...):

Cakile; genus Cakile (small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe)


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