wild fennel
Americannoun
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The Kitchn notes that while it's derived from wild fennel, its flavor is very different from fennel or anise.
From Salon ● May 31, 2021
One day, Mr. Jacobsen walked into the restaurant with loads of wild fennel, marjoram and dill—“Literally, garbage bags full,” said Mr. Accarrino—that had been ripped out to make way for planting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2018
The licoricey scent from the giant bouquet of wild fennel fronds inside the doorway subtly flavors your food all night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2017
Wild donkeys watched us impassively from the roadside; the surrounding meadows were dyed red and yellow where poppies and daisies rioted among maquis trees and gauzy tufts of wild fennel.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2015
The entire plain is covered with wild fennel, six to eight feet in height, and literally blazing with its bloomy yellow tops.
From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard
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