“A rocket salad (US menu).”
Usage Entry 1435 / 1605 60-second read
Arugula vs. Rocket
American name versus British name — same salad green.
The comparisoni
“An arugula salad (US menu) — US uses ARUGULA. UK / Commonwealth uses ROCKET (or ROQUETTE in French context).”
The ruleii
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US = ARUGULA. UK = ROCKET.
ARUGULA (US, from Italian RUCOLA) = ROCKET (UK, from French ROQUETTE) = the same peppery salad green. Two unrelated naming traditions; one plant.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Italy meets France.