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Sea rocket

Sea rocket \Sea" rock"et\(Bot.) See under Rocket.

Sea rocket

Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)

  1. A cruciferous plant ( Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

  2. Damewort.

  3. Rocket larkspur. See below.

    Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

    Rocket larkspur (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes ( Delphinium Ajacis).

    Sea rocket (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants ( Cakile maritima and Cakile Americana) found on the seashore of Europe and America.

    Yellow rocket (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers ( Barbarea vulgaris).