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/ˈfɛnəl/ · noun
A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor..
Use fennel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fennel means A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor..
Common synonyms include sweet anise, common fennel, finocchio, florence fennel.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use fennel where its definition matches the intended context.
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