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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Fenouil.jpg/220px-Fenouil.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Fennel_seed.jpg/220px-Fennel_seed.jpg)
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛnəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnəl
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.
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Translations
Foeniculum vulgare, the plant
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bulb, leaves, or stalks eaten as a vegetable
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spice used in cooking
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