DYER'S ROCKET • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Dyer's rocket

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noun

Dyer n. One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like.

dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. Same as Dyer's broom.

Rocket n. (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).

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