【医】 飞燕草

[ noun ]
commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
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Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It
ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)
(a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa}) sometimes eaten in
Europe as a salad.
(b) Damewort.
(c) Rocket larkspur. See below.

{Dyer's Rocket}. (Bot.) See {Dyer's broom}, under {Broom}.

{Rocket larkspur} (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers
in long racemes ({Delphinium Ajacis}).

{Sea rocket} (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants
({Cakile maritima} and {Cakile Americana}) found on the
seashore of Europe and America.

{Yellow rocket} (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow
flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris}).