arugula

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.

• (General American) enPR: əʹro͞ogələ, IPA^(key): /əˈɹuɡələ/
• (General American, less common) enPR: əʹro͝ogələ IPA^(key): /əˈɹʊɡələ/
• enPR: əʹro͝ogələ, IPA^(key): /əˈɹʊɡələ/
• Hyphenation: a‧ru‧gu‧la

arugula (countable and uncountable, plural arugulas)

1. 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:
   1. Eruca spp., especially Eruca sativa (syn. Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa)
   2. Diplotaxis tenuifolia

• (herb): rugola, rugula, garden rocket, rocket
• (Eruca sativa): garden rocket, rocket, eruca, rocketsalad, salad rocket, rucola, rucoli, rugula, colewort, roquette
• (Diplotaxis tenuifolia): perennial wall-rocket

• mesclun

• arugula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “arugula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• augural

From English arugula, probably from Italian rucola.

• IPA^(key): /abonəmɛn/
• Hyphenation: aru‧gu‧la

arugula (plural arugula-arugula)

1. (cooking) arugula

• “arugula” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.