A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
Used in a Sentence
fennel
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fennel.
Editorial note
I had to go buy some caraway to make a tabil spice blend for a fennel couscous.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of fennel gathered in one view.
A surname.
(cooking) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for fennel.
noun
A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
See also: common-fennel, finocchio, florence-fennel
noun
A surname.
See also: common-fennel, finocchio, florence-fennel
noun
(cooking) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
See also: common-fennel, finocchio, florence-fennel
noun
(cooking) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
See also: common-fennel, finocchio, florence-fennel
Example sentences
I had to go buy some caraway to make a tabil spice blend for a fennel couscous.
I do wish it had first class fennel support but that's really easy to add.
Yes, Fennel is a great distraction (see my other post)!
The Ferula genus contains fennel and asafoetida (aka hing).
I also really like the taste of vegetables like carrots, broccoli, fennel, pumpkins,...
Use meat sparingly (it's expensive!) to make things more exciting, and always put onions, garlic and [all kinds peppers[1], zucchini, fennel (the bottom parts), herbs[2]].
Yes, asadlionpk pointed out the same thing, and I agree that it makes sense in that context (that Ali could not assume fennel is 'saunf' in India as well).
I’ve had no significant issues with Fennel and Chez Scheme, although to be fair it was on existing projects and they are not languages I would start a project with today.
If you compare every single language Clojure can emit - Clojure&Java, Clojurescript&Javascript, babashka&Bash, Clojure-Dart&Dart, Jank&C++, Fennel&Lua (even though technically Fennel is only Clojure-like) - the number of delimiters (and often even number of parens) would be universally higher than in the Clojure code.
Quote examples
It's just that I'd expect Ali to search for "fennel in urdu", which does show the same word in Nastaliq.
Proper noun examples
Its highly debated as many authors think it is some extinct variety of fennel, but from the images on the coins it doesnt look like a Fennel.
If you dislike Lua (I'm not a fan) I recommend Fennel, but either way it's much better than Vimscript.
Lua in HS is what motivated me to finally learn a lisp (Fennel).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use fennel in a sentence?
I had to go buy some caraway to make a tabil spice blend for a fennel couscous.
What does fennel mean?
A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
What part of speech is fennel?
fennel is commonly used as noun.