Finocchii vs Finocchia - What's the difference?
finocchii | finocchia |
(hypercorrect, rare)
* 1997 , Anne Condra, Life in the Mezzogiorno: ?Mongst Gazing Gargoyles (Messapici Publishing; ISBN 0966056809, 9780966056808),
* 1766 , John Mills, A New Sy?tem of Practical Hu?bandry , volume 4,
* 1826 , , Alla Giornata; or, To the Day , volume 2,
* 1842 , ,
* 1887 , ), volume 5,
* 1960 , California Agricultural Experiment Station, Essentials of the Irrigation and Cultivation of Orchards , circular 486,
* 1986 , Monica Moran Brandies, Sprouts and Saplings: Gardening with a Difference (; ISBN 0894070665, 9780894070662),
As nouns the difference between finocchii and finocchia
is that finocchii is (hypercorrect|rare) while finocchia is .finocchii
English
Noun
page 68
- “You eat it fresh, like, after a large meal. It is a digestivo'', it helps the digestion. Some people bake it with cheese but I prefer it fresh, like. ''Multi anni fa'' (many years ago), queers was boiled in water with finocchio, that’s why they are called ''finocchii today.”
finocchia
English
Noun
page 194:
- The ?eeds of a?paragus, ba?il, beans, beet, borage, cap?icum, carrots, celeri, chervil, cre??es, endive, fennel, finocchia , hy??op, kidney beans, lavender, leeks, lentils, marjoram, marigolds, onions, par?ley, par?neps, peas, pur?lain, radi?hes, ?avory, ?kirrets, ?pinnage, thyme, and turneps, are be?t ?own the fir?t ?pring after they have been ?aved; and indeed many of them will not grow if they are kept longer.
page 80:
- “Hush! hush! do not be angry; you are not to be tamed any more than the torrent and the whirlwind. I have often tried to make you know what was for your good, but it is all in vain, you have never cared more for a piece of gold than for a root of finocchia .”
page 406:
- Then comes a fine old castle, with its broad walls and square towers shooting up into the sky; then high banks of tall trees, with the verdant earth seen between; lower still, gardens filled with the luxuriant and varied greens of the artichoke, the pomadore, the finocchia , arched over with shrubs and fruit-trees, and topped by tall Oriental palms in full vigour and luxuriance.
page 302:
- There is also the stalk of the artichoke, which is allowed to grow after the heads are cut off. This is fried in batter and is called in Florence, Gobbo. Finocchia and the poorer sort of celery are cooked in the same way.
page 24, §: “Florence Fennel”:
- Often called Finocchia or Sweet Anise. The bulblike enlargement at the top of the stem is eaten raw, like celery, or used for flavoring. Has a licorice flavor.
page 65:
- The fennel variety finocchia grows like a stalk of celery and can be eaten raw or as a boiled vegetable.