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rocket

/ˈɹɑk.ɪt/ noun C2
  1. A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria. (uncountable)
  2. Any plant of the genus Eruca. (countable)
  3. Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida). (countable, uncountable)

Plural rockets

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Anne flew up like a rocket.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 103 · C1
_Then join our leaping lines that scumfish through the pines, That rocket by where, light and high, the wild grape swings.
The Jungle Book, p. 63 · B2
Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, (“That’s Bill,” thought Alice,) “Well, I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I’m better now—but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 27 · B2

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