FINOCCHIO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads

Synonyms:

fennel; finocchio; Florence fennel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("finocchio" is a kind of...):

veg; vegetable; veggie (edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant)

Holonyms ("finocchio" is a part of...):

Florence fennel; Foeniculum dulce; Foeniculum vulgare dulce (grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base)

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