<botany> An umbelliferous plant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.

Origin: It. Finocchio fennel, LL. Fenuclum. See Fennel.

(01 Mar 1998)

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