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arugula en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • əʹro͝ogələ
  • /əˈɹʊɡələ/
  • /əˈɹʊɡələ/ (General-American, uncommon)
  • əʹro͝ogələ (General-American, uncommon)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈɹuɡələ/ (General-American)
  • əʹro͞ogələ (General-American)

Etymology

Probably from a Southern Italian dialect word equivalent to Standard Italian rucola, whence also, since c. 1967, English rucola. Also cognate to rocket (“plant”), eruca, roquette.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species: ▸ Eruca spp., especially Eruca sativa (syn. Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa)
  2. (countable, uncountable) A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species: ▸ Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Forms

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Relateds

mesclun

Synonyms

rocket (herb) · rugula (Eruca sativa) · garden rocket (herb) · rucola (Eruca sativa) · roquette (Eruca sativa) · rocketsalad (Eruca sativa) · perennial wall-rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) · rugola (herb) · colewort (Eruca sativa) · salad rocket (Eruca sativa) · garden rocket (Eruca sativa) · eruca (Eruca sativa) · rugula (herb) · rucoli (Eruca sativa) · rocket (Eruca sativa)

Translations (60)

ar جَرْجِير (herb) · de Rucola (herb) · ru ру́ккола (herb) · fr roquette (herb) · mt rukola (herb) · mk рукола (herb) · arz جرجير (herb) · es roqueta (herb) · es rúcula (herb) · da rucola (herb) · da sennepskål (herb) · fa کیکیز (herb) · sv rucola (herb) · el ρόκα (herb) · cs rukola (herb) · oc roqueta (herb) · it ruchetta (herb) · cy berwr (herb) · cy arfog (herb) · ga ruachán (herb) · es jaramago (herb) · hy ճարճրուկ (herb) · es oruga (herb) · is klettasalat (herb) · pl rukola (herb) · fi rucola (herb) · ota جرجر (herb) · fa شاهی (herb) · fa ترتیزک (herb) · pt rúcula (herb) · ota روقه (herb) · ca ruca (herb) · sl rukola (herb) · es ruca (herb) · la ērūca (herb) · fi sinappikaali (herb) · ota كیكیز (herb) · nl rucola (herb) · fa ترهتیزک (herb) · tr roka (herb) · ru рукола (herb) · grc εὔζωμον (herb) · it rucola (herb) · yi כמו־⁠שאַלאַטן (herb) · ja ルッコラ (herb) · nl raketsla (herb) · acw جَرْجِير (herb) · sv senapskål (herb) · ro aragulă (herb) · ro ruchetă (herb) · mi raukati (herb) · id arugula (herb) · ja ロケット (herb) · cmn 芝麻菜 (herb) · hy ռուկոլա (herb) · de Rauke (herb) · lt gražgarstė (herb) · yi אַרוגולע (herb) · hu borsmustár (herb) · ro rucolă (herb)