fennel
/ˈfɛn(ə)l
/noun [mass noun]
An aromatic yellow-flowered European plant of the parsley family, with feathery leaves.
- Foeniculum vulgare, family Umbelliferae: two subspecies, a hardy perennial (dulce), the seeds and leaves of which are used as culinary herbs, and the annual Florence (or sweet) fennel (azoricum), with swollen leaf bases which are eaten as a vegetable.
- Place the star anise, bay leaf, fennel seeds, cinnamon stick and ginger in a mortar.
- These include soya products, beetroot, parsley, root fennel and yams.
Origin
Old English finule, fenol, from Latin faeniculum, diminutive of faenum 'hay'.
Rhymes
- hangry
- Hang Seng index
- hang someone out to dry
- hang something on
- hang something out
- hang something up
- hang ten
- hang time
- hang together
- overawe
- overbake
- overbalance
- overballast
- overballasting
- overbank
- overbanked
- overbanking
- over-bark
- overbear
- overbearance
- overbearing
- overbearingly
- overbearingness
- overbeat
- over-beaten