Definition of Foeniculum vulgare

1. Noun. Strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed; leaves and seeds used for seasoning.

Exact synonyms: Common Fennel
Terms within: Common Fennel, Fennel, Fennel Seed
Generic synonyms: Fennel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foeniculum Vulgare

Flying Fortress
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Flying V
Flynn
Flynn-Aird syndrome
Flynn effect
Flynn phenomenon
Flysch
Fm
Fock space
Fock spaces
Fock state
Fock states
Foeniculum
Foeniculum dulce
Foeniculum vulgare
Foeniculum vulgare dulce
Fogarty catheter
Fogarty clamp
Foggia
Foggy Bottom
Fohist
Fohists
Foix-Alajouanine myelitis
Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
Foix-Cavany-Marie syndrome
Fokker-Planck equation
Foley Y-plasty pyeloplasty
Foley catheter
Foley operation

Literary usage of Foeniculum vulgare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"Fennel, foeniculum vulgare, is indigenous from the Caspian Sea to the Greek peninsula and other Mediterranean countries, growing wild over a large part of ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"GB • foeniculum vulgare P.Mill. Fennel Herbaceous perennial Cultivated, and occasionally escaped to meadows and waste ground. ..."

3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1803)
"foeniculum vulgare. Rail Syn. 217. V ERY plentiful about the chalk-pits of Kent and other counties, flowering in July and August, when its golden umbels, ..."

4. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Derivation: Dried, nearly ripe fruit of foeniculum vulgare. Habitat: Southern Europe and Western Asia; widely cultivated. Grades: Technical; USP Containers: ..."

5. The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes by Ernest John Parry (1908)
"This oil is distilled from the fruit of several varieties of foeniculum vulgare, which is found all over Europe except in the north and north-east, ..."

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