ERUCA VESICARIA SATIVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eruca vesicaria sativa mean? 

• ERUCA VESICARIA SATIVA (noun)
  The noun ERUCA VESICARIA SATIVA has 1 sense:

1. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

  Familiarity information: ERUCA VESICARIA SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.

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• ERUCA VESICARIA SATIVA (noun)

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Meaning:

Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arugula; Eruca sativa; Eruca vesicaria sativa; garden rocket; rocket; rocket salad; roquette

Hypernyms ("Eruca vesicaria sativa" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Eruca vesicaria sativa" is a member of...):

Eruca; genus Eruca (annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region)