fennel
/ˈfɛnəl/
noun
- A plant with feathery leaves and a thick, white bulb, used as a vegetable and for its licorice-like flavor.
- I sliced fresh fennel into the salad for a crunchy, sweet taste.
- She bought a fennel bulb at the farmer's market to make soup.
- The recipe calls for roasting fennel with olive oil and garlic.
- The seeds of the fennel plant, used as a spice in cooking and baking.
- Fennel is often used in Indian and Mediterranean dishes.
- He added a pinch of fennel to the sausage mixture for extra flavor.
- The cookies had a subtle hint of fennel from the ground seeds.