Arugula

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Arugula (American English) or rocket (Commonwealth English) is a type of leaf vegetable, for culinary purposes considered a sort of lettuce.

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Scientifically, it consists of three species: Eruca sativa, Diplotaxis tenuifolia and Diplotaxis muralis. It is occasionally known by its French name roquette or Italian names rucola or rughetta.

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Also known as "rocket" or "rocket salad", it has been grown as a vegetable in the Mediterranean area since the Roman times; it was considered to be an aphrodisiac. Still, it was not cultivated on a large scale and not scientifically researched until the 1990s. It was usually collected in the wild. Nowadays, it is cultivated in various places, especially in Veneto, and available in all of Europe.

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Rocket is especially used in salads, but also cooked as a vegetable with pasta or dry meat. In Italy its use for pizzas is also common; in this case it is added only after the baking. It is rich in vitamin C and iron.

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American English: American English (AmE) is the form of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. It is the primary language used in the United States. As of 2005, more than two-thirds of native speakers of English use various forms of American English. American English is also sometimes calle...

Commonwealth English: "Commonwealth English" is intended as a collective term for the perceived standard English language used in the Commonwealth of Nations1, applying in theory to Australian English, British English, Caribbean English, Canadian English, Hiberno-English (Irish English)2, Hong Kong English3, Indian Engli...

Leaf vegetable: Leaf vegetables, also called greens or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Although they come from a very wide variety of plants, most share a great deal with other leaf vegetables in nutrition and cooking methods....