arugula
Plural: arugulas
Noun
- A European herb with pungent leaves used in salads.
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- 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)
- 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
Examples
- He played ARUGULA, clearing his rack and getting a healthy 50-point bonus.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette, colewort, eruca, perennial wall-rocket, rocketsalad, rucola, rucoli, rugola, rugula, salad rocket
Scrabble Score: 8
arugula: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordarugula: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
arugula: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary