Arugula
/əˈɹuɡələ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:; Eruca spp., especially Eruca sativa (syn. Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) countable, uncountable
- 2 erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender wordnet
- 3 A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:; Diplotaxis tenuifolia countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"I can't stand arugula or any bitter greens."
Etymology
Probably from a Southern Italian dialect word equivalent to Standard Italian rucola, whence also, since c. 1967, English rucola. Also cognate to rocket (“plant”), eruca, roquette.