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Finocchia vs Finocchio - What's the difference?

finocchia | finocchio |

Finocchio is a alternative form of finocchia.



As nouns the difference between finocchia and finocchio

is that finocchia is rare spelling of lang=en while finocchio is a fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (variety: Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).

finocchia

English

Noun

  • * 1766 , John Mills, A New Sy?tem of Practical Hu?bandry , volume 4, 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.
  • * 1826 , , Alla Giornata; or, To the Day , volume 2, 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 .”
  • * 1842 , , 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.
  • * 1887 , ), volume 5, 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.
  • * 1960 , California Agricultural Experiment Station, Essentials of the Irrigation and Cultivation of Orchards , circular 486, 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.
  • * 1986 , Monica Moran Brandies, Sprouts and Saplings: Gardening with a Difference (; ISBN 0894070665, 9780894070662), page 65:
    • The fennel variety finocchia grows like a stalk of celery and can be eaten raw or as a boiled vegetable.

    finocchio

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), finocchio, (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A (l) (l) with a (l)-like structure at its base, used as a (l); Florence fennel ().
  • * 1974 , Ali-Bab (author) and Elizabeth Benson (translator), Encyclopedia of Practical Gastronomy , page 41
    • Finocchios are shoots of the fennel, an odoriferous plant of the Umbelliferae family.
  • * 1981 , Country Life , volume 170, page 1,057
    • For the first time, finocchio , or Florence fennel, has performed for me as it should and has swollen out into bulbous protrusions at the base of its leaf stalks.
  • * 1983 , Theodore James, The Gourmet Garden , page 44
    • The strong anise odor of finocchio repels many insects from other vegetables.
  • * 1994 , B. Rosie Lerner and Beverly S. Netzhammer, Possum in the Pawpaw Tree: A Seasonal Guide to Midwestern Gardening , page 43
    • Also called Florence fennel, finocchio has long been a popular vegetable in Europe but has somehow fallen out of circulation from most American gardens.
  • A (l).
  • * 2008 , Edward Anthony Gibbons, A Cultural Affair , page 6
    • On many, a cold freezing night, of temperatures hovering near zero, the finocchios tease and try to encourage Tedesco to join in their warm body orgies.
  • * 2009 , Paul MacKenzie, Redemption Comes to Brooklyn , page 172
    • Not to mention, he and Julie were finocchios'; but at least Larry was a smart ' finocchio .
  • * 2010 , Suzanne Corso, Brooklyn Story , page 182
    • “Don’ stand next to any finocchios who might try’n grab your best friend,” Vin cracked. Richie roared as Tony made his way to the men’s room.
  • * 2011 August 19, ”, 23:51–23:57
    • Salvatore Maranzano: Rumour is you two are a pair of finocchi .
    : That’s not a rumour; that’s a boast .

    References

    * “ ? Finochio]” listed on page 237 of volume IV (F and G), § i (F) of '' [1st ed., 1901]
    ? Finochio''' (). Also 8 '''fenochia, -io, -occhio, finocha, finochi,''' 8–9 '''fin'''('''n''')'''ochia.''' [It. ''finocchio'': — popular L. ''f?noclum'': see Fennel.] The sweet fennel (''Fœniculum dulce''); also called the dwarf or French fennel. [¶ '''1723''' R. Digby ''Let. to Pope'' 14 Aug. How spring the Brocoli and the Fenochio. '''1767''' J. Abercrombie ''Ev. Man own Gardener'' (1803) 658/1 ''Finochio'', or French fennel; for soups, sallads, etc. '''1796''' C. Marshall ''Garden.'' xvi. (1813) 267 Finochio is a sort of dwarf fennel. '''1847 Craig, ''Finnochia     , a variety of fennel. * “ ?finochio]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989 ----