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roquette

roquette noun: a herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.

Noun

roquette (usually uncountable, plural roquettes)

  1. (usually) A herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.
    Synonyms:
    arugula, rocket

Synonyms of roquette

Forms of roquette

pluralroquettes

Origin of roquette

Borrowed from French roquette. Cognate with rocket, see that entry for other cognates.

Questions about roquette

What does roquette mean?
Roquette means a herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.
What part of speech is roquette?
Roquette is a noun.
What is the plural of roquette?
The plural of roquette is roquettes.

Words near roquette in the dictionary

  1. roquesite
  2. roquet
  3. roqueted
  4. roqueting
  5. roquets
  6. roquette
  7. roquettes
  8. roquin
  9. roquinimex
  10. ROR
  11. Rorabaugh

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