Pronunciation: - ˌ räb
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps modification of Italian broccoli di rapa, literally, flowering tops of the turnip
Date: 1938
: a garden brassica ( Brassica rapa ruvo ) that is related to the turnip and produces edible leafy branching stalks and compact clusters of yellow florets ― called also broccoli raab \ - ˌ räb, - ˌ rab \ rapini