fennel
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of fennel
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable, usually)A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
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noun
- (uncountable, usually)A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
- (uncountable, usually)The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- (uncountable, usually)The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
name
- A surname.
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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…
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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.
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