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Definition of Foeniculum
1. Noun. Very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Member holonyms: Fennel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foeniculum
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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