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finocchio

finocchio

1 9.9
A vegetable with a round white bulb used in salads and cooking that smells a little like licorice
  • noun
  • /fɪˈnɑːkioʊ/
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  • The chef recommends cooking finocchio with olive oil and garlic to enhance its taste.

Examples

  • I told her you ain't no finocchio.

    Kiss Me, Guido (1997)

  • Ma's been thinking you were a finocchio.

    Kiss Me, Guido (1997)

  • Is this how you turned out a Hollywood finocchio, that cries like a woman?

    The Godfather (1972)

  • This "WOLF" is gonna keep on fighting for truth until the "Finocchio Pinocchio in Chief" is in Leavenworth being a b***h boy for "Bubba."

    Blog text (14)

  • You can add slices of finocchio to your salad for a refreshing flavor.

  • In Italian cuisine, finocchio is often served both raw in salads and cooked in various dishes.

Synonyms

fennel
vsfinocchio
14 3.2

A plant with a round white bulb eaten raw or cooked like a vegetable

is a specific cultivated variety, not the broader plant species
Foeniculum vulgare dulce
vsfinocchio
  • Specialized
9.9

A type of fennel with a round white stem eaten raw or cooked

is the same plant commonly called by other names
Florence fennel
vsfinocchio
7.9

A vegetable with a swollen white bulb and a sweet, licorice-like taste that you eat cooked or raw

is the same cultivated variety rather than the general species

Surface Forms

finocchio singular
finocchios plural

Etymology

Finocchio comes from Italian and from an old Latin word foeniculum that meant 'little hay' because the plant gives a hay-like smell, and it is the same family as the English word fennel. So, finocchio today means the fennel bulb you eat raw or cooked.