English
An arugula plant
Etymology
Probably from Italian rucola . (Eng. usg. 1967)
Cognate to rocket ( “ plant ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: a‧ru‧gu‧la
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:
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Eruca vesicaria
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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
Translations
herb
Arabic: جَرْجِير m pl ( jarjīr )
Egyptian Arabic: جرجير m pl ( gargīr )
Hijazi Arabic: جَرْجِير m pl ( jarjīr )
Catalan: ruca (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芝麻菜 ( zhīmácài )
Czech: rukola f
Danish: rucola c , sennepskål c
Dutch: raketsla (nl) f , rucola (nl) m or f
Finnish: rucola (fi) ( commercial ) , sinappikaali (fi) ( botany )
French: roquette (fr) f
German: Rauke (de) f ; ( now also, especially commercial ) Rucola f
Greek: ρόκα (el) f ( róka )
Ancient: εὔζωμον n ( eúzōmon )
Hungarian: borsmustár
Icelandic: klettasalat n
Irish: ruachán m
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Italian: rucola (it) f , ruchetta f
Japanese: ロケット (ja) ( roketto ) , ルッコラ ( rukkora )
Latin: ērūca f
Macedonian: рукола f ( rukola )
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Maltese: rukola f
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Persian: ترهتیزک، ترتیزک ( tare-tizak, tartizak ) , شاهی (fa) ( šāhi ) , کیکیز ( kikiz )
Polish: rukola (pl) f
Portuguese: rúcula (pt) f
Romanian: rucolă f , aragulă f , ruchetă f
Russian: ру́ккола (ru) f ( rúkkola )
Slovene: rukola f
Spanish: rúcula f , oruga (es) f , roqueta f , jaramago m , ruca (es) f
Swedish: rucola (sv) c , senapskål (sv) c
Turkish: roka (tr)
Welsh: berwr m , arfog (cy) m
See also
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