Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ROCK'ET
ROCK'ET, n.2 [L. eruca.]
A plant of the genus Brassica. There is also the bastard rocket, of the genus Reseda; the corn rocket and the sea rocket, of the genus Bunias; the marsh rocket, the water rocket, and the winter rocket, of the genus Sisymbrium; and the dame's violet rocket, of the genus Hesperis. – Fam. of Plants.
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