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Finochio vs Finocchio - What's the difference?

finochio | finocchio |

Finocchio is a alternative form of finochio.



As nouns the difference between finochio and finocchio

is that finochio is an alternative 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).

finochio

English

Noun

(finochi)
  • * 1744 , [aut.] and an unknown translator, Circe (James Bettenham), pages 50–51
    • If it ?eems ?o ?trange to ye, I would not have you re?t ?atisfied with my bare word for it. Let us begin to examine at home, and you will find among?t us ?erpents, that each of the kind, as ?oon as awaken’d by the ?pring, perceiving his ?kin ?tarky and rivelled, by lying the whole winter folded up in one po?ition, makes directly to the finochio , and crams him?elf with it, till it makes him with ea?e ca?t his old ?lough.
  • * 1767 , Thomas Mawe and , Every Man His Own Gardener (19th ed., 1809), page 658
    • Finochio , or French fennel; for soups, sallads, &c. when the bottom part is blanched, by earthing up.
  • * 1796 , Charles Mar?hall, An Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening (2nd ed., 1798, John Rider), page 256
    • Finochio is a ?ort of dwarf fennel'', very aromatic; the thick ?talks of which, earthed up, when nearly full grown, five or ?ix inches to ''blanch'', are u?ed in ''?oups'' and ''?allads , or ?liced, and eat alone with oil, vinegar, &c.
  • * 2008 , Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, Teaching Visual Literacy , page 153
    • What’s the matter with you? Is this how you turned out? A Hollywood finochio that cries like a woman?

    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 ----