rapini

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noun

A vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. ruvo, with green spiky leaves and a bitter taste.

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broccoli raabbroccoli rabeturnip greensturnip tops
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Meanings

nounrapini (uncountable)

alternative rappini

  1. uncountableA vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. ruvo, with green spiky leaves and a bitter taste.

    Bitter and salty foods often go very well together and here the slight bitterness of rapini (also known as broccoli rabe) complements the savoriness of pork sausage. Use either the homemade sausage on page 163 or a plain pork […]

    2012, Giuliano Hazan, Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes, Open Road Media, →ISBN

    Synonyms: broccoli raab, broccoli rabe, turnip greens, turnip tops

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. ruvo, with green spiky leaves and a bitter taste.

Similar
broccoli raabbroccoli rabeturnip greensturnip tops
Also see
turnip greens

Origin

  1. Italianrapini
  2. Englishrapini

From Italian rapini, diminutive of rapo, variant of rapa (“turnip”).

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