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rapini

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

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

rapini (uncountable)

  1. A 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 of rapini

Forms of rapini

alternative formrappini

Origin of rapini

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

Questions about rapini

What does rapini mean?
Rapini means a vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. ruvo, with green spiky leaves and a bitter taste.
What part of speech is rapini?
Rapini is a noun.

Words near rapini in the dictionary

  1. rapiners
  2. rapines
  3. raping
  4. rapingly
  5. rapings
  6. rapini
  7. rapining
  8. Rapinoe
  9. rapinous
  10. rapism
  11. rapismatid

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