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rocket

rocket

17 2.6
A leafy green plant with a peppery taste used in salads
  • noun
  • /ˈrɑkɪt/
  • UK
translation icon : rúcula
  • Farmer's rocket is housed in the barn that you're seeing below.
  • rocket salad

Now, I like Rocket as much as the next person, but that's not the kind of nutrient rich food that we really, really need to be growing more of.

Examples

  • Then I've got some rocket for our chicken wraps.

  • Then I'm going to add some rocket or arugula, which is the weirdest word ever, just to finish it off.

  • I skipped rocket club that day, but the next morning, I packed up my rocket and rode my bike to the beach.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • And then this is a tomato, sweet corn and chorizo risotto with a just some rocket and balsamic.

  • I like to add rocket to my salad for a peppery flavor.

  • She used rocket leaves in her sandwich to give it a bit of spice.

  • For dinner, we're having pasta topped with fresh rocket and Parmesan.

Synonyms

arugula
vsrocket
  • US
22 5.7

A leafy green plant with slightly spicy leaves often used in salads

is the European common name instead of the American term
Eruca vesicaria sativa
vsrocket
  • Specialized
7.4

A leafy green with a peppery taste used in salads

is the general common name for that salad green
Eruca sativa
vsrocket
  • Specialized
7.2

A leafy green with small peppery leaves used in salads

is the broader common name rather than a scientific label
roquette
vsrocket
  • UK
8.1

A green leaf with a peppery taste used in salads

is the wider English name used across Europe not only regionally
garden rocket
vsrocket
  • UK
4.7

A leafy plant with a strong peppery taste often used in salads

refers more generally to the species, not specifically garden-grown
rocket salad
vsrocket
  • UK
3.0

A leafy green with a slightly spicy taste often eaten raw in salads

refers to the plant itself rather than the prepared salad
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
vsrocket
  • Specialized
9.9

A small European plant with yellow flowers and peppery leaves often used in salads

is the cultivated salad species, not a wild weedy plant

Compounds

rocket launcher
  • Specialized
16 4.8

A weapon that fires rockets used by soldiers to destroy targets

rocket science
  • Informal
13 4.6

A thing that is very difficult to understand

rocket-propelled
  • Specialized
12 5.5

Moved by a rocket engine

rocket scientist
  • Informal
9 4.3

A person who is very clever at solving difficult problems

rocket fuel
  • Specialized
9 3.9

A substance you burn to move a rocket into space

rocket engine
  • Specialized
5 3.6

A machine that makes a push by throwing out its own fuel very fast for spaceships or missiles

rocket scientist
  • Specialized
5 4.4

An engineer who designs, builds and tests rockets and spacecraft

rocket firing
  • Specialized
2 4.5

An event when a rocket moves into the sky using its engines

booster rocket
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A large engine that gives a spacecraft its first push and falls off when empty

rocket launching
  • Specialized
1 3.7

Sending a rocket into the sky using its own engines

rocket propellant
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A material that burns or reacts to make a rocket move

space rocket
  • Specialized
1 4.0

A large machine that carries people or things from Earth into space

1 8.9

A fast, light motorcycle made for speed and quick turns

nuclear rocket
  • Specialized
1 6.9

An engine that uses heat from splitting atoms to push a spaceship into space

rice rocket
  • Offensive
1 9.8

A small fast car often made faster with extra parts

1 4.8

A military place where people keep, fix, and send rockets into the sky

rocket propulsion
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A way to move a vehicle by pushing out gas very fast so it works in space

rocket engineer
  • Specialized
1 4.8

A person who designs, builds, and tests rockets

1 8.9

A tall garden plant with strong sweet-smelling purple or white flowers that smell at night

9.9

A plant people grow to dye cloth yellow

anti-submarine rocket
  • Specialized
7.3

A rocket launched from a ship to attack submarines

multistage rocket
  • Specialized
6.6

A space vehicle with two or more parts that fire and drop as fuel runs out

4.7

A leafy plant with a strong peppery taste often used in salads

research rocket
  • Specialized
5.2

A rocket launched to do science experiments in space

rocket range
  • Specialized
4.9

A place where people test or launch rockets under safety rules

9.9

A wild weed with small yellow flowers and spicy leaves

rocket larkspur
  • Specialized
8.8

A tall garden plant with long spikes of blue, purple, or pink flowers

3.0

A leafy green with a slightly spicy taste often eaten raw in salads

8.5

A joking name for a person who is very skilled

A wild plant with bright yellow flowers that grows on plains

A low plant with thick grey-green leaves and pink or purple flowers that grows by the sea

takeoff rocket
  • Specialized
6.7

A powerful first part of a space vehicle that lifts it off the ground

A plant that lives for several years with small yellow flowers and hairy leaves that grows in mountain areas

test rocket
  • Specialized
5.0

A rocket launched to check how well it works

solid-fuel rocket
  • Specialized
5.3

An engine that burns solid fuel to push a vehicle into the sky

5.7

A rocket that uses solid fuel to make hot gas and push it forward

sounding rocket
  • Specialized
7.5

A small rocket that carries scientific instruments high into the atmosphere to collect data

step rocket
  • Specialized
7.8

A rocket with two or more parts that fire one after another and drop away when empty to reach space

9.9

A plant with yellow flowers that grows on old walls and in empty places

9.9

A wild plant in the cabbage family with white flowers and deeply cut leaves

8.8

A weed with yellow flowers that often grows in fields and along roads

How Peppery

watercress
7 2.6
rocket
  • UK
17 2.6
lettuce
93 1.0

Surface Forms

rocket singular
rockets plural

Etymology

The word rocket for the salad leaf comes from French roquette and Italian rucola, names for a peppery green with a sharp taste. So calling arugula 'rocket' points to the leaf's strong, spicy flavour.