broccoli rabe

Questions about broccoli rabe

What does broccoli rabe mean?

broccoli rabe means "plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for broccoli rabe?

Close synonyms include broccoli raab, Brassica rapa ruvo, broccoli raab. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is broccoli rabe a common word?

broccoli rabe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.