fennelflower Hear it!

fennelflower definition

fennel·flower (-flo̵u′ər)

noun

any of a genus (Nigella) of plants of the buttercup family, with finely divided foliage and blue, yellow, or white flowers

Etymology: so named from being confused with fennel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.