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Definition of Sweet rocket

1. Noun. Long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Rocket

Literary usage of Sweet rocket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"sweet rocket. DAME'S VIOLET. DAMASK VIOLET. Fig. 1826. Lvs. ovate- lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, toothed: pods 2-4 ... Dune's Rocket or sweet rocket — Hesperis ..."

2. Hardy Perennials and Old-fashioned Garden Flowers: Describing the Most by John Wood (1884)
"Flowering period, February to March. Cultivation, the same as for H.. angulosa. Hesperis Matronalis Flore-pleno. DOUBLE sweet rocket, or DAMES' VIOLET ; Nat ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It is a hardy biennial herb with yellow flowers for which it is grown in flower gardens. Its leaves are used for salads and pot-herbs. sweet rocket, damask ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It is a hardy biennial herb with yellow flowers for which it is grown in flower gardens. Its leaves are used for salads and pot-herbs. sweet rocket, damask ..."

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