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Salad leaf could shoot up (6)

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rocket

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This might be a double definition.

'salad' is the first definition.
(I know that rocket is a type of salad)

'shoot up' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

'leaf could' is the link.
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(Other definitions for rocket that I've seen before include "In salad it's prepared" , "Self-propelled firework or missile" , "Roasting" , "Salad plant - shoot up" , "Salad vegetable" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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