fennel

1. 1.

   any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems

   Broaderherb

   Narrowercommon fennelFlorence fennel

   Part ofFoeniculum
2. 2.

   aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads

   SynonymsFlorence fennelfinocchio

   Broadervegetable

   Part ofFlorence fennel
3. 3.

   leaves used for seasoning

   Synonymscommon fennel

   Broaderherb

   Part ofcommon fennel
4. 4.

   fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture

   Broaderspice

Other forms of fennel

plural

fennels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fennel

What does fennel mean?

fennel means "any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fennel?

fennel has 2 syllables: fen-nel. The stress falls on "fen". In IPA it is /ˈfɛnəl/.

What is another word for fennel?

Close synonyms include Florence fennel, finocchio, common fennel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fennel a common word?

fennel is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.