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FOENICULUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Foeniculum mean? 

FOENICULUM (noun)
  The noun FOENICULUM has 1 sense:

1. very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: FOENICULUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOENICULUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Foeniculum; genus Foeniculum

Hypernyms ("Foeniculum" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Foeniculum"):

fennel (any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems)

Holonyms ("Foeniculum" is a member of...):

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)


 Context examples 


The oil extracted from the seeds of Foeniculum vulgare.

(Fennel Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the fruit of Foeniculum vulgare.

(Bitter Fennel Fruit Oil, NCI Thesaurus)



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