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• Fennel — Taxobox name = Fennel image width = 300px image caption = Fennel in flower regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Apiales familia = Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) genus = Foeniculum species = F. vulgare binomial =… …   Wikipedia

• Fennel — Fen nel (f[e^]n n[e^]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. {Fenugreek}. {Finochio}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {F[ae]niculum} ({F[ae]niculum vulgare}), having very… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fennel flower — Fennel Fen nel (f[e^]n n[e^]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. {Fenugreek}. {Finochio}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {F[ae]niculum} ({F[ae]niculum vulgare}), having… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fennel water — Fennel Fen nel (f[e^]n n[e^]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. {Fenugreek}. {Finochio}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {F[ae]niculum} ({F[ae]niculum vulgare}), having… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• FENNEL — (Heb. קֶצַח, keẓaḥ), an herb, the sowing and threshing of which are described by Isaiah (28:25, 27). Fennel is the plant Nigella sativa, whose black seeds are used as a condiment. It was used as a condiment in talmudic times, being sprinkled on… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• fennel oil — n a colorless or pale yellow essential oil obtained from fennel seed and used chiefly as a flavoring material * * * [NF] a volatile oil distilled from fennel (the seeds of Foeniculum vulgare), used as a flavoring agent for pharmaceuticals; also… …   Medical dictionary

• fennel — [fen′əl] n. [ME fenel < OE finul < L faeniculum, dim. of faenum, earlier fenum, hay] a tall herb (Foeniculum vulgare) of the umbel family, with feathery leaves and yellow flowers: its foliage and aromatic seeds are used to flavor foods and… …   English World dictionary

• fennel — /fen l/, n. 1. a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers. 2. Also, fennel seed. the aromatic fruits of this plant, used in cookery and medicine. 3. any of various more or less… …   Universalium

• fennel seed — noun aromatic anis scented seeds • Hypernyms: ↑flavorer, ↑flavourer, ↑flavoring, ↑flavouring, ↑seasoner, ↑seasoning • Part Holonyms: ↑common fennel, ↑Foeniculum …   Useful english dictionary

• fennel — F. seed, the dried ripe fruit of cultivated varieties of Foeniculum vulgare (family Umbelliferae), an herb native to southern Europe and Asia, a diaphoretic and carminative; a volatile oil distilled from the fruit is used as a flavoring. [through …   Medical dictionary

• fennel — noun Etymology: Middle English fenel, from Old English finugl, from Vulgar Latin *fenuculum, from Latin feniculum fennel, irregular diminutive of fenum hay Date: before 12th century a perennial European herb (Foeniculum vulgare) of the carrot… …   New Collegiate Dictionary