arugula

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English

An arugula plant

Etymology

Probably Italian (dial. Lombardy) arigola. (Eng. usg. 1967)

Cognate to rocket (“(the plant)”).

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) enPR: əʹro͞ogələ, IPA: /əˈɹuɡələ/, SAMPA: /@"rug@l@/

Noun

arugula (plural arugulas or arugula)

1. A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family; which has flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads.

Synonyms

• rugola, rugula
• garden rocket
• rocket
• Eruca vesicaria Scientific name

Translations

herb

Arabic: جرجير (ar) (jarjiir) m. pl. Egyptian Arabic: جرجير (gargiir) m. pl. Czech: rukola (cs) f. Danish: rucola (da) c., sennepskål (da) c. Finnish: rucola (fi) (commercial), sinappikaali (fi) (botany) German: Rucola (de) f., Rauke (de) f. Hungarian: borsmustár  (hu) Italian: rucola (it) f., ruchetta (it) f.

Japanese: ロケット(roketto), ルッコラ(rukkora) Maltese: rukola (mt) f. Slovene: rukola (sl) f. Spanish: rúcula f., oruga f., roqueta f., jaramago m. Swedish: rucola (sv) c., senapskål (sv) c.

See also

• mesclun

Anagrams

• augural