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FOENICULUM

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Foeniculum; genus Foeniculum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Foeniculum"):

fennel (any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems)

Holonyms ("Foeniculum" is a member of...):

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)

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