Fennel Definition
fĕnəl
noun
A tall herb (Foeniculum vulgare) of the umbel family, with feathery leaves and yellow flowers: its foliage and aromatic seeds are used to flavor foods and medicines.
Webster's New World
The seeds or stalks of this plant.
American Heritage
A variety of fennel whose seeds are used as flavoring.
American Heritage
A variety of fennel whose bulbous, celerylike stalks are eaten as a vegetable.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- finocchio
- florence-fennel
- common fennel
Other Word Forms of Fennel
Noun
Singular:
fennel
Plural:
fennelsOrigin of Fennel
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From the Middle English fenel, from the Old English finuᵹl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Old French fenoil, from the Vulgar Latin fēnuclum, fēnoclum, fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English fenel from Old English fenol from Latin fēnuculum variant of faeniculum diminutive of faenum, fēnum hay dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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