Broccoli-rabe
a plant, Brassica rapa ruvo, of which the slightly bitter, dark-green leaves and clustered flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.
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a circular stone tower built around the beginning of the Christian era, having an inner and an outer wall, found on the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, the Hebrides, and the mainland of Scotland. Historical Examples Meteorology J. G. M’Pherson Viking Boys Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby The Testimony of Tradition David MacRitchie Ancestors Gertrude Atherton Encyclopaedia […]
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