fennels
Feathery aromatic herbs
Fennels is the plural of fennel, a plant in the carrot family cultivated for its aromatic seeds and its bulbous base, which has a mild licorice flavor.
The seeds are used as a spice in cooking and sometimes chewed as a breath freshener or digestive aid.
The bulb is eaten raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable.
She roasted the fennels with olive oil and garlic.
Radial flower cluster
- perennialRecurring each year
- herbFlavorful or medicinal plant
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- yellow flowersBlossoms in sunshine hue
aromatic · taproot · cultivar · Florence · wild · bronze · sweet · bitter
Rounded storage organ
- frondsDivided leaf blades
- aniseLicorice-flavored seed plant
- licoriceAnise-flavored confection
- shavedCut very close
roasted · braised · salads · sausage · pollen · seeds · Mediterranean · Italian
Relating to food breakdown
- colicSpasmodic abdominal distress
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- teaSteeped leaf beverage
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
gripe water · breastfeeding · essential oil · Ayurveda · antispasmodic · stomach · flatulence · tincture
umbel
Radial flower cluster
yellow flowers · aromatic · taproot · cultivar · Florence · wild · bronze · sweet · bitter · invasive
bulb
Rounded storage organ
shaved · roasted · braised · salads · sausage · pollen · seeds · Mediterranean · Italian · raw
digestive
Relating to food breakdown
infusion · gripe water · breastfeeding · essential oil · Ayurveda · antispasmodic · stomach · flatulence · tincture · traditional
- fennel seedAromatic culinary spice
- fennel teaHerbal infusion from fronds
- wild fennelUncultivated anise-flavored herb
- fennel bulbAromatic pale vegetable base