giant fennel

noun

1. fennel3

Word History and Origins

Origin of giant fennel¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The search revealed a compound called ferulenol — isolated from the giant fennel plant — which inhibits the malaria parasite’s growth.

From Nature

Giant fennel is the name applied to the plant Ferula communis, a member of the same natural order, and a fine herbaceous plant, native in the Mediterranean region, where the pith of the stem is used as tinder.

From Project Gutenberg

“Ferrule” must be distinguished from “ferule” or “ferula,” properly the Latin name of the “giant fennel.”

From Project Gutenberg

Small black cattle with white faces march in long files across the pastures, or wander through the thickets of bulrushes and papyrus and giant fennel, appearing and disappearing as the screen of broad leaves and trembling plumes close behind them.

From Project Gutenberg

In one corner was a giant fennel that reminded one of a lace-dressed lady spreading out a sunshade of sea-green satin.

From Project Gutenberg