fennel
SPECIES OF PLANT, FENNEL (FOR THE HERB USE Q104005460)
Florence fennel; Foeniculum vulgare; Fennel seed; Saunf; Finocchio; F. vulgare; Florence Fennel; Foeniculum Vulgare; Foeniculi fructus; Hinojo; Sweet Fennel; Sweet fennel; Anethum dulce; Anethum foeniculum; Anethum minus; Anethum panmori; Anethum panmorium; Anethum piperitum; Anethum rupestre; Foeniculum azoricum; Foeniculum capillaceum; Foeniculum divaricatum; Foeniculum dulce; Foeniculum foeniculum; Foeniculum giganteum; Foeniculum officinale; Foeniculum panmorium; Foeniculum piperitum; Foeniculum rigidum; Ligusticum foeniculum; Meum foeniculum; Meum piperitum; Ozodia foeniculacea; Selinum foeniculum; Seseli dulce; Seseli foeniculum; Seseli piperitum; Tenoria romana; Fennel seeds
['f?n(?)l]
¦ noun an aromatic yellow-flowered plant of the parsley family, whose feathery leaves are used as culinary herbs while the swollen leaf bases are eaten as a vegetable. [Foeniculum vulgare, Ferula communis (giant fennel), and other species.]
Origin
OE finule, fenol, from L. faeniculum, dimin. of faenum 'hay'.