fennel

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. uncountable,usually
  2. The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable. uncountable,usually
  3. The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking. uncountable,usually

词形变化

fennels plural

词汇关系

近义词
sweet anise
衍生词
bronze fennel common fennel dogfennel dog fennel (Anthemis cotula, Eupatorium capillifolium, etc fennelflower fennel-flower Florence fennel giant fennel hog fennel hog’s fennel meridian fennel sea fennel sweet fennel water fennel wild fennel

词源

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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