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rocket
rocket in botany, popular name for several plants of the family Cruciferae ( mustard family). The dame's, or damask, violet, damewort, or sweet rocket is Hesperis matronalis, a hardy, herbaceous Old World perennial with four-petaled flowers, ranging from white to purple, that are especially fragrant in the evening. It grows wild in many parts of North America, where it has escaped from gardens. Rocket salad ( Eruca sativa ) is the roquette of France and Italy and is a coarse, weedy plant with whitish or creamy-yellow flowers that have an orange-blossom odor. Also known as tira and garden rocket, it is cultivated for salads. Yellow rocket ( Barbarea vulgaris ) is the name for a variety of winter cress or upland cress, a weedy plant sometimes cultivated for salads. Among the North American wildflowers called rocket are the prairie-rocket ( Erysimum asperum ), the purple rocket ( Iodanthus pinnatifidus ), and the sea rocket ( Cakile edulenta ). The latter, like related European species, grows along seacoasts. The unrelated dyer's rocket, or dyer's-weed, is Reseda luteola, a species of mignonette . Rockets are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Capparales, family Cruciferae. |
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"rocket." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rocket." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-rocket1.html "rocket." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-rocket1.html |
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rocket often used as an image of speed; Rocket was the name of the steam locomotive (1829) built by George Stephenson (1781–1848) and his son Robert, the prototype for all future steam locomotives.
up like a rocket, down like a stick proverbial saying, late 19th century, meaning that sudden marked success is likely to be followed by equally sudden failure. The saying derives from Thomas Paine' comment on Edmund Burke' losing the House of Commons debate on the French Revolution to Charles James Fox, ‘As he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.’ |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "rocket." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "rocket." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-rocket.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "rocket." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-rocket.html |
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rocket1 cruciferous annual, Eruca sativa. XVI. — F. roquette — It. rochetta, var. of ruchetta, dim. of ruca :- L. ērūca caterpillar, plant with downy stems.
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T. F. HOAD. "rocket." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "rocket." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-rocket.html T. F. HOAD. "rocket." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-rocket.html |
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rocket Cruciferous plant, Eruca sativa, with small spear‐shaped leaves and peppery taste, eaten raw in salads or cooked. Also called arugula, rucola, Italian cress.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "rocket." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "rocket." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-rocket.html DAVID A. BENDER. "rocket." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-rocket.html |
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Rocket
Rock·et / ˈräkit/ , The, see Richard2 . |
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"Rocket." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rocket." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rocket.html "Rocket." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rocket.html |
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rocket •adit
•bandit, pandit
•accredit, credit, edit, subedit
•Chindit • conduit
•audit, plaudit
•pundit • refit • misfit • benefit
•profit, prophet, soffit
•forfeit • outfit • Tophet • photofit
•buffet, tuffet
•comfit • counterfeit • surfeit • agate
•margate, target
•frigate • Tlingit • hogget
•drugget, nugget
•Brigitte • gadget • eejit
•Bridget, digit, fidget, midget, widget
•budget
•Blackett, bracket, jacket, packet, placket, racket
•blanket • gasket • bedjacket
•straitjacket • lifejacket • leatherjacket
•downmarket, market, upmarket
•basket, casket
•breadbasket • Euromarket
•Newmarket • hypermarket
•Becket, Beckett
•cricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, pricket, snicket, thicket, ticket, wicket
•trinket
•biscuit, brisket, frisket
•identikit
•brocket, crocket, Crockett, docket, locket, pocket, rocket, socket, sprocket
•airpocket • pickpocket • skyrocket
•toolkit
•bucket, Nantucket, tucket
•Blunkett, junket
•musket • rust bucket
•circuit, short-circuit
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"rocket." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rocket." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rocket.html "rocket." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rocket.html |
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