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Webster 1913 Edition

Finochio

‖

Fi-no′chi-o

(?; 277)

,

Noun.

[It.

finocchio

fennel, LL.

fenuclum

. See

.]

(Bot.)

An umbelliferous plant (

Fœniculum dulce

) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.

Webster 1828 Edition

Finochio

FINO'CHIO

,

Noun.

A variety of fennel.