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fennel

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"Anise-like herb"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɛnəl/Part of speech nounSorted eeflnnStarts with FEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Herb with seeds used as a spice.

Word origin

From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Proto-West Germanic *fenukl, from the Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, fēnoclum, from Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio and finook.

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