ARUGULA Meaning of ARUGULA in English [ ə'ru:gjʊlə ]■ noun N. Amer. the salad vegetable rocket.Origin1970s: from Ital. dialect arucula , aruca , from Ital. rucola , dimin. of ruca rocket 2 . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004