noun

fennel

fennel

The chef added fennel to the salad.

The chef added fennel to the salad.

Fennel has a licorice-like flavor.

Fennel has a liquorice-like flavour.

((uncountable)) a vegetable with a pale green bulb and a taste similar to aniseed The chef added fennel to the salad.

anise, dill

From Latin 'faeniculum', a diminutive of 'faenum' (hay), because its leaves resemble hay.

It sounds a bit like 'funnel'. You can imagine the bulb shape is like a wide funnel.

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