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Definition of Sea-rocket
1. Noun. Salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage.
Group relationships: Cakile, Genus Cakile
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea-rocket
Literary usage of Sea-rocket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the by Edward Allen Talbot (1824)
"The SEA RYE, the Seaside Plaintain, the Sea Rocket, the Laurier, and the Seaside
Peas, are also natives of Canada, and are used by the Indians for a variety ..."
2. Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the by Edward Allen Talbot (1824)
"The SEA RYE, the Seaside Plaintain, the Sea Rocket, the Laurier, and the Seaside
Peas, are also natives of Canada, and are used by the Indians for a variety ..."
3. Modern Geography: A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and by John Pinkerton, Samuel Vince, Benjamin Smith Barton (1804)
"... (sea-rocket); Crambe maritima (sea-kale); Sisymbrium nasturtium (water-cress);
and Erysimum alliaria (sauce alone); all these are wholesome and ..."
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