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SEA-ROCKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea-rocket mean?
• SEA-ROCKET (noun)
The noun SEA-ROCKET has 1 sense:
1. salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage
Familiarity information: SEA-ROCKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cakile maritima; sea-rocket
Hypernyms ("sea-rocket" 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 ("sea-rocket" is a member of...):
Cakile; genus Cakile (small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe)
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