finocchio
Plural: finocchi, finocchios
Noun
- aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
- A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
- A gay man.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Italian finocchio (“fennel; (derogatory) male homosexual”). Doublet of fennel and finook.
Synonyms
fennel, Florence fennel
Scrabble Score: 19
finocchio: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfinocchio: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
finocchio: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
finocchio: valid Words With Friends Word