| NOUN | plant | fennel | any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems |
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| food | fennel, Florence fennel, finocchio | aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads | |
| food | fennel, common fennel | leaves used for seasoning | |
| food | fennel | fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture |
| Sounds | feh'nahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems. | |
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| Member of | Foeniculum, genus Foeniculum | Very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers |
| Narrower | Florence fennel, Foeniculum dulce, Foeniculum vulgare dulce | Grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base |
| common fennel, Foeniculum vulgare | strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | hinojo | |
| Catalan | fonoll | |
| Meaning | aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads. | |
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| Synonyms | Florence fennel, finocchio | |
| Part of | Florence fennel, Foeniculum dulce, Foeniculum vulgare dulce | Grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base |
| Broader | vegetable, veggie, veg | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
| Spanish | finocchio, foeniculum vulgare, hinojo | |
| Catalan | finocchio, fonoll | |
| Meaning | leaves used for seasoning. | |
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| Synonym | common fennel | |
| Part of | common fennel, Foeniculum vulgare | strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed |
| Broader | herb | aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities |
| Spanish | hinojo | |
| Catalan | fonoll | |
| Meaning | fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture. | |
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| Broader | spice | Any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food |
| Spanish | hinojo | |
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