| 释义 |
rapini, n.
Brit. |rəˈpiːni|, U.S. |rəˈpini|
[‹ Italian rapini, plural noun (1824) > n.5) + -ini, plural of -ino -ine suffix4.]
A leafy plant related to the turnip (Brassica rapa) thought to have originated in the Mediterranean but now widely cultivated for its edible leaves and shoots; the green parts of this plant, commonly used as a vegetable in Chinese and Italian cooking.
1959Garfieldian (Illinois) 4 Nov. (advt.) g13/1 Extra fancy Italian fresh rapini. 1988L. Colwin Home Cooking xvii. 111 In its next incarnation it was broccoli rabe, and then I found it in a seed catalogue classified as rapini. 2004New Yorker 1 Mar. 24/2 Maybe it was hiziki (a sea vegetable) or the rapini salad, bitter and gritty and garnished with peppery coils of parsnip. |