broccoli rabe

[rahb]
noun
a plant, Brassica rapa ruvo, of which the slightly bitter, dark-green leaves and clustered flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.
Also, broccoli raab [rahb] , broccoli rab [rahb] .
Also called Italian turnip, raab, turnip broccoli.


Origin:
perhaps alteration of Italian broccoli di rapa flowering tops of the turnip

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broccoli rabe

noun
1. plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots [syn: broccoli raab
2. slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds 
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Broccoli rabe is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example sentences
Broccoli rabe with sausage and pappardelle is a popular pasta dish.
We had chickpeas, broccoli rabe and garden tomatoes.
There's scrapple in my freezer case, broccoli rabe in my produce aisle.
They dressed sautéed broccoli rabe with dried scallops.
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