arugula

English

Wikipedia

An arugula plant

Etymology

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

Cognate to rocket (“(the plant)”).

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) enPR: əʹro͞ogələ, IPA: /əˈɹuɡələ/, X-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. Has a distinct, peppery flavor.

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
• Russian: руккола (ru) (rukkola) 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