arugula
Eruca spp., especially Eruca sativaA 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)
» I can't stand arugula or any bitter greens.
Ich kann Rucola oder anderes bitteres Grünzeug nicht ausstehen.
Meaning
2 sensesA yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:
(countable, uncountable)Eruca spp., especially Eruca sativa (syn. Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa)
Rauke, Rucola
ру́кколаrúkkola, руколаrukola
(countable, uncountable)Diplotaxis tenuifolia
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
Examples
3 sentencesI can't stand arugula or any bitter greens.
deIch kann Rucola oder anderes bitteres Grünzeug nicht ausstehen. — samueldora
The arugula that the cow did not want delighted the ox.
deDie von der Kuh verschmähte Rauke freute den Ochsen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Fuck you and your arugula.
Translations
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Origin
Probably from a Southern Italian dialect word equivalent to Standard Italian rucola, whencProbably 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.
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Forms
plural: arugulasSynonyms
15 synonyms- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender:rocketroquettegarden rocketrocket saladEruca sativaEruca vesicaria sativa
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable