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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rock·et n.  Bot. (a) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. (b) Damewort. (c) Rocket larkspur. See below.
 Dyer's Rocket. Bot. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.
 Rocket larkspur Bot., an annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes (Delphinium Ajacis).
 Sea rocket Bot., either of two fleshy cruciferous plants (Cakile maritima and Cakile Americana) found on the seashore of Europe and America.
 Yellow rocket Bot., a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers (Barbarea vulgaris).

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rocket larkspur
      n : commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having
          unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes
          purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus
          Delphinium [syn: Consolida ambigua, Delphinium ajacis]