fenochia

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A form of finocchio — A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).

First used 18th–19th centuriesScrabble 16
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Meanings

nounfenochia (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralobsoleteObsolete spelling of finocchio.First known use 18th–19th centuries

    In the superior class of gardens we generally find, in addition to the above,…Fennel, Fenochia, and rarely Dill.

    1814, Sir John Sinclair [dir.], General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances, of Scotland, volume 2, pages 107–108
    1 more example

    Fenochia removed is never ſo good and tender as that which is not, it receives ſuch a Check in Tranſplanting in its Infancy; which, like the Rickets, leaves Knots that indurate the Parts of the Fennel, and ſpoil it from being a Dainty.

    1751, Jethro Tull, Horſe-Hoeing Husbandry (3rd ed.), page 49
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