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FINOCHIO
An umbelliferousplant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
Origin: It. Finocchio fennel, LL. Fenuclum. See Fennel.
Source: Websters Vocabulary