dame's rocket

English

dame's rocket

Noun

dame's rocket (countable and uncountable, plural dame's rockets)

1. A plant of the species Hesperis matronalis, native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere, often considered invasive.

Synonyms

• (Hesperis matronalis): damask violet, dame’s violet, dames-wort, dame’s gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, rogue’s gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, mother-of-the-evening, winter gilliflower

Translations

Hesperis matronalis

• Catalan: matafrares m, juliana vera f, viola matronal f
• French: julienne des dames f
• German: Gewöhnliche Nachtviole f, Matronenblume f
• Japanese: 花大根 (hana-daikon)
• Welsh: croes yr hwyr f

References

• dame's rocket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hesperis matronalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hesperis matronalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• dame's rocket at USDA Plants database