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wild fennel

American  

noun

  1. any of several annual herbs of the genus Nigella, having dissected leaves and showy blue or white flowers.


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I pass through fragrant California sagebrush and wild fennel in one spot, a blend of sweet pea, lilac and kicked-up dirt in another.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

She also noted that porchetta requires garlic, rosemary, sage, and wild fennel pollen, as well as "good meat."

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

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

Samphire, wild fennel, cactus, and acanthus clothe them now from crest to basement where the cliff is not too sheer.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington

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