rapini
noun
ra·pi·ni ra-ˈpē-nē 
variants or less commonly rappini
: broccoli rabe
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web More than a dozen offerings from puttanesca to rapini are available. 
Marc Bona, cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022 The prettiest pasta is beef-stuffed tortelli, dappled with an emulsion of smoked mozzarella and set on a grass-green puree of rapini. Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 See More
Marc Bona, cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022 The prettiest pasta is beef-stuffed tortelli, dappled with an emulsion of smoked mozzarella and set on a grass-green puree of rapini. Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 Paired with nicely bitter rapini, the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Italian rapini, plural of rapino, diminutive of rapo turnip, from Latin rapum — more at rape entry 3
First Known Use
1934, in the meaning defined above
- minister of state
- minister plenipotentiary
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- minister without portfolio
- minister's face
- minister-president
- minister-presidents
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- ministeria
- ministerial
- ministerialist
- ministerialists
- ministerially
- ministering
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- ministering to
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- ministers
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- ministers of state
- ministers plenipotentiary
- ministers resident