Definition of Foeniculum

1. Noun. Very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Foeniculum
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Member holonyms: Fennel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foeniculum

Fly River turtles
Flying Dutchman
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

Literary usage of Foeniculum

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

1. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1908)
"Stems and lower surfaces of leaves densely villous. — Vt. and Ct. to 111. 3. A. foeniculum (Pursh) Ktze. Smooth, but the ovate acute leaves ..."

2. A Manual of Examinations: Upon Anatomy and Physiology, Surgery, Practice of by John Livingston Ludlow (1846)
"The seeds of the Anethum foeniculum, an herb, a native of Europe, but cultivated in this country. Q. What is the appearance and sensible properties of the ..."

3. 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 ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"In sandy soil, western Kansas to Texas, Mexico and Arizona. April-May. 21. foeniculum Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 101. 1763. Erect biennial or perennial glabrous ..."

5. Monks' Cookbook by Himalayan Academy, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1997)
"FENNEL, Seeds, foeniculum vulgäre It is a custom in India to serve raw fennel seeds after a sumptuous rice and curry meal. This spice is extolled in ..."

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