arugula

English

An arugula plant

Etymology

Probably from Italian rucola. (Eng. usg. 1967)

Cognate to rocket (“plant”).

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: əʹro͞ogələ, IPA^(key): /əˈɹuɡələ/
Hyphenation: a‧ru‧gu‧la

Noun

arugula (countable and uncountable, plural arugulas)

One of three yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herbs of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads. Has a distinct, peppery flavor:
1. Eruca sativa, sometimes Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa
2. Eruca vesicaria
3. Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Synonyms

(herb): rugola, rugula, garden rocket, rocket
(Eruca sativa): garden rocket, rocket, eruca, rocketsalad, salad rocket, rucola, rucoli, rugula, colewort, roquette
(Diplotaxis tenuifolia): perennial wall-rocket

Translations

herb

Arabic: جَرْجِير‎ m pl (jarjīr)
Egyptian Arabic: جرجير‎ m pl (gargīr)

Hijazi Arabic: جَرْجِير‎ m pl (jarjīr)
Catalan: ruca (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芝麻菜 (zhīmácài)
Czech: rukola f
Danish: rucola c, sennepskål c
Dutch: raketsla (nl) f, rucola (nl) m or f
Finnish: rucola (fi) (commercial), sinappikaali (fi) (botany)
French: roquette (fr) f
German: Rauke (de) f; (now also, especially commercial) Rucola f
Greek: ρόκα (el) f (róka)
Ancient Greek: εὔζωμον n (eúzōmon)
Hungarian: borsmustár
Icelandic: klettasalat n
Irish: ruachán m

Italian: rucola (it) f, ruchetta f
Japanese: ロケット (ja) (roketto), ルッコラ (rukkora)
Latin: ērūca f
Macedonian: рукола f (rukola)
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maltese: rukola f
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Persian: تره‌تیزک، ترتیزک‎ (tare-tizak, tartizak), شاهی‎ (fa) (šāhi), کیکیز‎ (kikiz)
Polish: rukola (pl) f
Portuguese: rúcula (pt) f
Romanian: rucolă f, aragulă f, ruchetă f
Russian: ру́ккола (ru) f (rúkkola)
Slovene: rukola f
Spanish: rúcula f, oruga (es) f, roqueta f, jaramago m, ruca (es) f
Swedish: rucola (sv) c, senapskål (sv) c
Turkish: roka (tr)
Welsh: berwr m, arfog (cy) m

See also

mesclun

Further reading

arugula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
arugula at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

augural

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