fenochia

English

Noun

fenochia (plural not attested)

1. Obsolete spelling of finocchio [18th–19th centuries]
   • 1751, Jethro Tull, Horſe-Hoeing Husbandry (3rd ed.), page 49

     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.

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

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