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1. Any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems
    
2. Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
   - Florence fennel, finocchio
    
3. Leaves used for seasoning
   - common fennel
    
4. Fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture

Derived forms: fennels

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, spice, veg [Brit, informal], vegetable, veggie [informal]

Part of: common fennel, Florence fennel, Foeniculum, Foeniculum dulce, Foeniculum vulgare, Foeniculum vulgare dulce, genus Foeniculum

Encyclopedia: Fennel