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Finocchio vs Finnocchio - What's the difference?

finocchio | finnocchio |

As nouns the difference between finocchio and finnocchio

is that finocchio is a (l) (l) with a (l)-like structure at its base, used as a (l); florence fennel () while finnocchio is .

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 ----

    finnocchio

    English

    Noun

  • * 1919 , Edward Loomis Davenport Seymour [ed.], Farm Knowledge (), volume 2, page 360
    • Finnocchio (Florence fennel), p. 367
  • * 1923 , Gardeners’ Chronicle of America , volume 27, page 4
    • It is pleasing to note an increased interest in Finnocchio or Florence Fennel excellent as a salad and very good cooked or served naturally like celery.
  • * 1936 , , Herbs and Herb Gardening (Medici Society), page 93?¹?²?
    • ?¹? Sweet Fennel (Fœniculum dulce ) or Finnocchio , still one of the most popular vegetables in Italy, was apparently introduced into this country in early Stuart times.
    ?²? Our native Fennel thrives in any soil, but Finnocchio needs a rich moist soil, frequent watering in times of drought, and when the bases of the stems swell they have to be partially earthed up, i.e. the tubers half covered.
  • * 1943 , Jo Pagano, Golden Wedding (), pages 84]?¹? and [http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=IRCMTujUMILP0QX7i-HMBQ&ct=result&id=k2ch_uP4Xe8C&dq=%2Bfinnocchio&q=%22basilica%2C+finnocchio%22 268?²?
    • ?¹? There were bowls of dried olives, swimming in olive oil and flavored with garlic and orange peel; there was celery, and sweetly aromatic finnocchio , and wafer thin Italian ham.
    ?²? This was a big room, and my mother’s pride. It opened directly onto the back yard, where stood the stone oven, old-country style, in which my mother, once a week, baked her bread, and where she had her own little garden of fresh spices and Italian greens?—?basilica, finnocchio , Italian parsley, leaf-chicory, and so on.
  • * 1945 , Iles Brody, The Colony (Greenberg), page 228
    • Season and sauté a chicken in butter; add a little cream and three quartered finnocchio (already parboiled).
  • * 1947 , Norman Mosley Penzer, The Book of the Wine-Label (Home & Van Thal), page 115
    • Sweet fennel (Foeniculum dulce ) or Finnocchio appears to have been introduced into this country in early Stuart times and is a delicious vegetable if cooked in a good stock and served with a cream sauce.