fennel
Plural: fennels
Noun
- An aromatic herb with feathery leaves and licorice-flavored seeds.
- any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems
- aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
- leaves used for seasoning
- fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture
- A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
- The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
Examples
- He hoped to harvest points with FENNEL, but lacked the ’L’ for a bingo.
Origin / 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 and finook.
Synonyms
common fennel, finocchio, Florence fennel, sweet anise
Scrabble Score: 9
fennel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfennel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fennel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary