finocchio

fi·noc·chi·o

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

Origin of finocchio

Italian from Vulgar Latin an unverified form fenuculum from Classical Latin feniculum, fennel

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finocchio

noun

pl. fi·noc·chi·os

See fennel.

Origin of finocchio

Italian from Latin fēniculum fennel diminutive of faenum, fēnum hay ; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural finocchi or finocchios)

A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
(derogatory slang) A male homosexual. (in β-forms, rare) A lesbian.

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From the Italian finocchio (“fennel”, (derogatory): “male homosexual”).

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