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rabe

rabe

2 8.1
A green leafy vegetable like broccoli with a slightly bitter taste that people cook in Italian dishes
  • noun
  • /ˈrɑːb/
  • US
translation icon : brócoli rabe
  • Then I took a bite of my chicken cutlet and broccoli rabe.
  • broccoli rabe
  • sausage and broccoli rabe
  • rabe and garlic

Examples

  • Showing up early was a preventive measure intended to guarantee his spot cutting broccoli rabe and reduce the risk of losing a day's wages.

    Blog text (4)
  • The main course was a braised chicken leg served with one strand (I'm not kidding you) of broccoli rabe and two small, very creamy, fingerling potatoes.

    Blog text (23)
  • Sometimes with broccoli rabe, sometimes without.

    Blog text (12)
  • Broccoli rabe last week was delicious.

  • Italians, they got broccoli rabe on the menu right next to the braciole.

  • The broccoli rabe leaves were tied in bunches and were about a foot and a half long at the grocery in Mercatale.

    Blog text (13)
  • The second course will be Atlantic flounder rollatini with broccoli rabe and livomaise sauce.

    Blog text (22)
  • He was looking forward to the end of the broccoli rabe harvest, when he would begin collecting unemployment and rest up before the onion harvest began again in April.

    Blog text (4)
  • When I was a child, no one knew zucchini, broccoli rabe, or basil; they were foreign entities, not American, and I was embarrassed that they were growing in my grandmother's backyard and served in her house.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Add broccoli rabe to the pot 3 minutes before the pasta is done for a delicious meal.

Synonyms

broccoli rabe
vsrabe
2 7.9

A leafy green vegetable with slightly bitter leaves and small buds used in cooking

is the leafy green related to common garden vegetables and used in Italian cooking

Compounds

A leafy green vegetable with slightly bitter leaves and small buds used in cooking

How Bitter

endive
7 6.1
rabe
  • US
2 8.1
kale
43 2.4
spinach
94 1.0
lettuce
93 1.0

Surface Forms

rabe singular
rabe plural

Etymology

The word rabe comes from the Italian rapa 'turnip' and the smaller form rapini 'little turnips', and it appears in the name broccoli rabe. So rabe is a leafy green from the turnip family often used in Italian cooking, which is why it tastes a bit like broccoli.