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rapini

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ra⋅pi⋅ni

[ra-pee-nee]
–noun
the leaves of the turnip, Brassica rapa, eaten cooked or raw as greens.
Also, rappini.


Origin:
perh. < It, pl. of rapino a plant of the genus Erysimum, perh. orig. dim. of rapa rape 2
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broccoli raab or broccoli rabe   (räb)   
n.  A vegetable plant (Brassica rapa) related to the turnip and grown for its pungent leafy shoots. Also called rapini.

[Italian broccoli di rapa : broccoli, pl. diminutive of brocco, sprout, shoot; see broccoli + di, of (from Latin ; see de-) + rapa, turnip; see rape2.]
ra·pi·ni   (rā-pē'nē)   
n.  See broccoli raab.

[Italian, pl. diminutive of rapa, turnip, from Latin rāpa, pl. of rāpum.]
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