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Rocket Salad
see synonyms of rocket saladNoun
1. arugula, eruca sativa, eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
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Rocket Salad
see synonyms of rocket saladnoun
1.
a self-propelling device, esp a cylinder containing a mixture of solid explosives, used as a firework, distress signal, line carrier, etc
2.
a.
any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine, esp one used to carry a warhead, spacecraft, etc
b.
(as modifier)
rocket propulsion
rocket launcher
3. British and New Zealand informal
a severe reprimand (esp in the phrase get a rocket)
verb -ets, -eting or -eted
4. (transitive)
to propel (a missile, spacecraft, etc) by means of a rocket
5. (intr; foll by off, away, etc)
to move off at high speed
6. (intransitive)
to rise rapidly
he rocketed to the top
noun
1. Also called: arugula
a Mediterranean plant, Eruca sativa, having yellowish-white flowers and leaves used as a salad: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
2.
any of several plants of the related genus Sisymbrium, esp S. irio (London rocket), which grow on waste ground and have pale yellow flowers
3. yellow rocket
4. sea rocket
5. dame's rocket
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Rocket Salad
see synonyms of rocket salad noun
1.
any of various devices, typically cylindrical, containing liquid or solid propellants which when ignited produce hot gases or ions that escape through a rear vent and drive the container forward by the principle of reaction: simple rockets are used mainly as fireworks, signals, and projectile weapons, while more complex rockets are used to propel guided missiles, ballistic missiles, and spacecraft
see also rocket engine, rocket motor2.
a spacecraft, missile, probe, etc. propelled by a rocket
verb intransitive
3.
to go like a rocket; dart ahead swiftly
4.
to travel in a rocket
5.
to soar; rise rapidly
prices rocketed
verb transitive
6.
to convey in a rocket
7.
to attack by firing a rocket at
8.
to propel with or as with sudden force
a hit song rocketing a singer to stardom
noun
1.
any of various plants of the crucifer family, with white, yellow, pink, or purple flowers; esp., sea rocket (genus Cakile) found along seashores in Europe and North America
2.
arugula
: also rocket salad3.
dame's violet
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