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eruca

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Borrowed from Latin eruca, in its senses of "caterpillar" and "colewort" respectively. Cognate with arugula, rucola, rocket, roquette.

noun erucae

  1. Caterpillar; larva.
  2. Arugula: rocket. The eruca, or rocket, so called from the Greek, […] was had in so great esteem heretofore, as to its efficacy in conjugal performances, that many of the antient authors, both in poetry and prose, make mention of it purely for that purpose:[…]

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"eruca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eruca. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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eruca. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eruca

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"eruca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eruca.

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@misc{eruca_2026,
  title = {eruca},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eruca},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}