ARUGULA

rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa

(noun) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

arugula (countable and uncountable, plural arugulas)

One of three yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herbs of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads. Has a distinct, peppery flavor

Eruca sativa, sometimes Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa

Eruca vesicaria

Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Synonyms

• (herb): rugola, rugula, garden rocket, rocket

• (Eruca sativa): garden rocket, rocket, eruca, rocketsalad, salad rocket, rucola, rucoli, rugula, colewort, roquette

• (Diplotaxis tenuifolia): perennial wall-rocket

Anagrams

• augural

Source: Wiktionary



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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