giant fennel
noun
See under fennel (def. 3).
Origin of giant fennel
1First recorded in 1880–85
Words Nearby giant fennel
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How to use giant fennel in a sentence
At the roadside on either hand there were still and ever tall withered thistles and giant fennel with yellow umbels.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete | Emile ZolaThe tough stalks of the giant fennel of Southern Europe were used by the Roman schoolmasters as an instrument of castigation.
Child Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleFerrule” must be distinguished from “ferule” or “ferula,” properly the Latin name of the “giant fennel.
In one corner was a giant fennel that reminded one of a lace-dressed lady spreading out a sunshade of sea-green satin.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression | Emile Zola
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