An alternative or variant spelling of finochio, referring to fennel (the plant); sometimes used in Italian-influenced English contexts.
From Italian 'finocchio' (fennel), with the '-o' ending preserved. This is a Latinized or Italian form of the plant name that entered English through culinary or botanical contexts.
Fennel is one of those plants where *every* part is edible—the bulb, stalks, leaves, AND seeds—and it tastes like licorice because it contains the same compound that makes anise taste the way it does!
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