eruca sativa

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Eruca sativa
    n 1: erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be
         harvested when young and tender [syn: {rocket}, {roquette},
         {garden rocket}, {rocket salad}, {arugula}, {Eruca sativa},
         {Eruca vesicaria sativa}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It
   ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)
   (a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa}) sometimes eaten in
       Europe as a salad.
   (b) Damewort.
   (c) Rocket larkspur. See below.
       [1913 Webster]

   {Dyer's Rocket}. (Bot.) See {Dyer's broom}, under {Broom}.

   {Rocket larkspur} (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers
      in long racemes ({Delphinium Ajacis}).

   {Sea rocket} (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants
      ({Cakile maritima} and {Cakile Americana}) found on the
      seashore of Europe and America.

   {Yellow rocket} (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow
      flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris}).
      [1913 Webster]