roquette

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noun

A herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.

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arugularocketgarden rocketrocket saladEruca sativaEruca vesicaria sativa
OriginFrench roquette →
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Meanings

nounroquette (usually uncountable, plural roquettes)

plural roquettes

  1. uncountableusuallyA herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.

    Synonyms: arugula, rocket

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.

Similar
arugularocket

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
rocketgarden rocketrocket saladarugulaEruca sativaEruca vesicaria sativa
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
arugularocketrocket salad

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchroquette
  2. Englishroquette

Borrowed from French roquette. Cognate with rocket, see that entry for other cognates.

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Cite this entry
APA

roquette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roquette

MLA

“roquette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roquette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roquette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roquette.

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