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''fennel'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260125204041-00-⌔
fennel - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Noun
fennel (usually uncountable, plural fennels)
- A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise -like flavor.
- (cooking) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- (cooking) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
Etymology
From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Proto-West Germanic ﹡fenukl, from the Vulgar Latin ﹡fēnuclum, fēnoclum, from Late Latin 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. Doublet of finocchio and finook.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfɛnəl/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- Rhymes: -ɛnəl
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