1. Plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots
   "She sautéed the broccoli raab with garlic and olive oil";
   - broccoli rabe, Brassica rapa ruvo
    
2. Slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds
   "The pasta dish was tossed with sautéed broccoli raab and garlic";
   - broccoli rabe

Derived forms: broccoli raabs

Type of: crucifer, cruciferous plant, cruciferous vegetable

Part of: Brassica, genus Brassica

Encyclopedia: Broccoli raab