" garden rocket "

[Noun]  | "garden rocket" 

1: arugula

Origin: 1548 ;

[Noun]  | "aru*gu*la" | \ ə-ˈrü-gə-lə \

1: a yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb (Eruce sativa synonym E. vesicaria sativa) of the mustard family cultivated for its foliage which is used especially in salads —called also garden rocket, rocket, roquette, rugola

Origin: 1960 ;

 Borrowed from Italian, probably from a southern dialectal form of Tuscan ruca, rucola, as Neapolitan arucola, arucolo, with English spelling -gu- reflecting lenis articulation of consonants and reduction of vowels {mat|rocket:1|};

  * Note : For similar reflection in English spelling of southern Italian articulation compare {agita|agita}, {goombah|goombah}. Forms with the initial ēr- of the Latin etymon ērūca "arugula, Eruca vesicaria" opened to ar- are widespread in Italian dialects—see: Lessico etimologico italiano, letter E, columns 733-34.;