fennel
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- noun
- /ˈfɛnəl/
:
hojas de hinojo
- The chef added chopped fennel leaves to the salad for an extra burst of flavor.
- fennel fronds
- fennel leaves
- fennel salad
Examples
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For the pasta dish, toss in some sautéed fennel to enhance the taste.
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I've taken some care with it, marinated the fine white flesh in olive oil and fennel—the last of my fennel—and a soupçon of pastis.
Fiction book (1995) -
- Yeah we're gonna be chopping some fennel today.
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And while those are cooking, I'm going to start our topping, which is fennel and red onion and some Serrano pepper.
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And our specialty, Branzino: wild striped bass with fennel, black olives, and red wine."
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There's fennel for you, and columbines, and there's rue for you.
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Salmon tartar in potato gaufrette over wild mushrooms and fennel salad.
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Wild boar meat cutlets, potato chunks, fennel and some local wild herbs.
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...and make a fresh herb mixture with parsley, thyme, fennel flakes and garlic.
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A delicious seasoning can be made by blending garlic with fresh fennel leaves.
Synonyms
A Mediterranean plant with feathery leaves and seeds used in cooking that taste like anise
A strong smelling herb with feathery leaves and seeds that taste like licorice used in cooking and herbal medicine
Compounds
- Specialized
A Mediterranean plant with feathery leaves and seeds used in cooking that taste like anise
- US
A common North American weed with thin, feathery leaves and a strong smell when crushed
A vegetable with a swollen white bulb and a sweet, licorice-like taste that you eat cooked or raw
How Flavoured
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fennel comes from the Latin feniculum, which means 'little hay', because the plant's thin, feathery leaves look like dried grass. That's why cooks use the leaves as a light, grassy seasoning.