fennel, Florence fennel, finocchio
(noun) aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
Source: WordNet® 3.1
finocchio (plural finocchi or finocchios)
A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
Synonym: Florence fennel
(derogatory, slang) A male homosexual.
Synonym: Thesaurus:male homosexual
Source: Wiktionary
9 March 2025
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
