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| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Sweet, mild licorice flavor. It is a popular European vegetable, especially in Italy and France. Not to be confused with herb anise, which is grown for its seeds and sold as seasoning. The feathery fronds can be used as an herb, like dillweed, to flavor soups and stews. The broad bulbous base is treated like a vegetable. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SWEET ANISE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | fennikel (fennel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | venkel (fennel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fenkoli (fennel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | fenouil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Fenchel (fennel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μάραθο (fennel), φοινίκουλο το κοινό (fennel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | finocchio (fairy, fennel, gay, queer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eetsway aniseay funcho (fennel, fennel seed), erva-doce (anise). (various references) hinojo dulce (fennel), hinojo (fennel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Foeniculum vulgare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-i-n-s-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: weensiest. | |
-2 letters: etesians, newsiest, sweenies, sweetens, sweeties, teniases, tweenies, weeniest. | |
-3 letters: easiest, entases, entasis, etesian, nasties, newsies, sateens, senates, sensate, sestina, sestine, sweeten, sweetie, tansies, tawnies, tisanes, waeness, waniest, weenies, wetness, wisents, witness. | |
-4 letters: anises, assent, atween, easies, enates, etwees, insets, newest, newies, newsie, saints, sanest, sanies, sansei, sateen, satins, seesaw, seines, senate, sewans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-i-n-s-s-t-w" | |
+2 letters: earwitnesses, sweatinesses, waterinesses. | |
+3 letters: wealthinesses. | |
+4 letters: waterishnesses. | |
+5 letters: seaworthinesses. | |
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