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‖ roquette, n.|rɔkɛt| [Fr.: see rocket n.2] A herb with bitter-tasting leaves; = rocket n.2 1.
1902M. G. Kains in L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. IV. 1546/2 Roquette or Rocket-Salad (Erica Sativa..), a low-growing hardy annual from southern Europe... In America it is but little grown. 1930L. H. Bailey Hortus 534/1 Roquette; Erica sativa. 1953D. C. Hogner Herbs vi. 137 Native to Southern Europe, roquette is found wild today in some parts of the United States. 1989Encycl. Brit. X. 177/3 Roquette grows to about 70 centimetres (2½ feet) tall. Four-petalled, white, purple-veined flowers top its flower stalks. |