Etymology

eruca

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Today it means: Caterpillar; larva. Full definition →

Latin eruca
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromeruca
  2. English todayeruca

Borrowed from Latin eruca, in its senses of "caterpillar" and "colewort" respectively. Cognate with arugula, rucola, rocket, roquette.

Words from the same roots

Latineruca all →

rocketeruciform

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