dame's rocket

American  

noun

1. a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.

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Example Sentences

Towering black locust, buckthorn, Japanese hedge parsley, honeysuckle, garlic mustard and dame’s rocket have all played a role in the congestion.

From Washington Times

The process starts with learning the names, because without knowing who’s who, we can get distracted: Dame’s rocket is beautiful, masquerading as lavender-and-white roadside drifts of tall phlox in late spring.

From New York Times

She’s also made pulp from phragmites australis, common buckthorn, narrow-leaf cattail, black swallow-wort, dame’s rocket, spotted knapweed, reed canarygrass, and purple loosestrife, each with its own properties.

From Washington Times

Dame's Rocket is our title for this cheerful old favorite of May, which shines in such snowy beauty at night, and throws forth such a compelling fragrance.

From Project Gutenberg

Another, rather rarer, is the 'dame's rocket,' also a night flower.

From Project Gutenberg