? Obs. [ROCKET sb.1] A name applied to certain aquatic species of Nasturtium.
1633. Gerarde’s Herbal, II. x. 248. Eruca aquatica Water Rocket.
c. 1710, 1753, 1796. [see ROCKET sb.2].
1861. Mrs. Lankester, Wild Flowers, 33. There are several other species of nasturtium native in England:… the Water-rocket (N. terrestre).
