Foeniculum vulgare dulce
- noun
- Specialized
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hinojo dulce
- You can slice Foeniculum vulgare dulce thinly and roast it to bring out its natural sweetness.
Examples
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Florentine cooks often use Foeniculum vulgare dulce in salads and pasta dishes for its unique flavor.
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I bought some Foeniculum vulgare dulce at the farmer's market.
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The farmer grows Foeniculum vulgare dulce alongside other Mediterranean herbs each spring.
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Have you ever tried Foeniculum vulgare dulce in a salad?
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Florentine cooks often use Foeniculum vulgare dulce in salads and pasta dishes for its unique flavor.
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You can slice Foeniculum vulgare dulce thinly and roast it to bring out its natural sweetness.
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Have you ever tried Foeniculum vulgare dulce in a salad?
Synonyms
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A vegetable with a round white bulb used in salads and cooking that smells a little like licorice
A vegetable with a swollen white bulb and a sweet, licorice-like taste that you eat cooked or raw
A type of fennel grown for its round edible stem and mild anise-like taste
Surface Forms
Morphology
Foeniculum + vulgare + dulce
If a learner knows that Foeniculum refers to fennel and understands the Latin modifiers vulgare (common) and dulce (sweet), they can infer this is a particular (sweet/common) variety of fennel, so the basic category is derivable from the parts. However, because this is a technical Latin botanical name and the precise culinary/cultivar sense (Florence fennel, bulbous edible stem) requires specialist or cultural knowledge beyond simple word meanings, the relation is not fully predictable.
Etymology
Foeniculum vulgare dulce is the Latin name for a sweet, cultivated fennel often called 'Florence fennel' or 'finocchio'. The name uses dulce, which means 'sweet', and points to the plant's round, white bulb that people slice and roast or eat raw, so it helps you remember it means the edible, sweet fennel variety.