Associations to the word «Finocchio»

Wiktionary

FINOCCHIO, noun. A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
FINOCCHIO, noun. (derogatory slang) A male homosexual. (in -forms) (rare) A lesbian.

Dictionary definition

FINOCCHIO, noun. Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca