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Noun: roquette
  1. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
    "Roquette, also known as arugula, adds a peppery flavour to salads";
    - rocket, garden rocket, arugula [N. Amer], Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, rugola [N. Amer], rucola [N. Amer]

Derived forms: roquettes

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Eruca, genus Eruca

Encyclopedia: Roquette, Peter