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FLORENCE FENNEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Florence fennel mean?
• FLORENCE FENNEL (noun)
The noun FLORENCE FENNEL has 2 senses:
1. grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base
2. aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
Familiarity information: FLORENCE FENNEL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Florence fennel; Foeniculum dulce; Foeniculum vulgare dulce
Hypernyms ("Florence fennel" is a kind of...):
fennel (any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems)
Meronyms (parts of "Florence fennel"):
fennel; finocchio; Florence fennel (aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
fennel; finocchio; Florence fennel
Hypernyms ("Florence fennel" 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 ("Florence fennel" is a part of...):
Florence fennel; Foeniculum dulce; Foeniculum vulgare dulce (grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base)
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