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finocchio

(fi nō′kē ō′)

noun

a variety of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce), cooked as a vegetable: its celerylike, anise-flavored, thick stalks are also eaten raw

also called Florence fennel or sweet fennel

Origin: It < VL *fenuculum < L feniculum, fennel

See finocchio in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also fi·no·chi·o

noun pl. fi·noc·chi·os also fi·no·chi·os

A variety of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce) whose blanched aromatic, celerylike stalks are eaten as a vegetable. Also called Florence fennel, sweet fennel.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , from Latin fēniculum, fennel

Origin: , diminutive of faenum, fēnum, hay; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots

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