fenoil
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, syncopated form of Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”).
Noun edit
fenoil oblique singular, m (oblique plural fenouz or fenoilz, nominative singular fenouz or fenoilz, nominative plural fenoil)
- fennel
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
- A ce appartienent bourrages, fenoil, percin, brouet de cezes, prunes, cerises doulces et matures, spinarches, vectes, safrain et les semblables.
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