Fennel

fennel bulb and seeds in a scoop and bowl, on wooden background

Foeniculum vulgare

Synonyms:
Xiao Hui Xiang
Fennel (Wiktionary)

English

Etymology

From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Old French fenoil, 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

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