dyer's rocket

3 definitions found

dyer's rocket - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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).
        [1913 Webster]

  Dyer \Dy"er\, n.
     One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like.
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     dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. Same as Dyer's broom.
        [1913 Webster] dyer's broom

dyer's rocket - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dyer's rocket
      n 1: European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye;
           naturalized in North America [syn: dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette
           , weld, Reseda luteola]