Rabi

[ rah-bee ]

noun

1. Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1944.

rabi

¹

/ ˈrʌbɪ /

noun

1. (in Pakistan, India, etc) a crop that is harvested at the end of winter Compare kharif

Rabi

²

/ ˈrɑːbɪ /

noun

1. RabiIsidor Isaac18981988MUSAustrianSCIENCE: physicist Isidor Isaac . 1898–1988, US physicist, born in Austria, who devised the atomic and molecular beam resonance method of observing atomic spectra. Nobel prize for physics 1944

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rabi¹

Urdu: spring crop, from Arabic rabī` spring

Example Sentences

In the Kohl-rabi (Brassica oleracea caulo-rapa) it is the stem.

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Kohl-rabi belongs to the same class as cabbage and cauliflower, but presents a marked variation from either.

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Prepare kohl-rabi for the table in the same manner as turnips, which it very much resembles when cooked.

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One day he stumbled upon the band of insurgents led by Rabi.

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There Kohl Rabi may be seen in every market, and on many a good table, where it proves a most acceptable vegetable.

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