Sweet Rocket (Noun)
Meaning
Long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Fresh sweet rocket flowers were picked from the garden at dusk to maximize their fragrance in the evening arrangement.
- The lovely but invasive sweet rocket spread rapidly along the roadside and woodland edges throughout Europe to Siberia.
- As the sun began setting over the gardens the sweet rocket fragrance wafted through the air drawing pollinators in for an evening nectar feast.
- By foraging for wild sweet rocket at the appropriate time herb gardeners could bring the distinctive scents to their evening meals.
- In naturalized pockets of North America sweet rocket could easily outcompete native evening-blooming wildflowers for space and resources.