finocchio

Meanings

Plural: finocchi, finocchios

Noun

aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
A gay man.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Italian finocchio (“fennel; (derogatory) male homosexual”). Doublet of fennel and finook.

Synonyms

fennel, Florence fennel

Scrabble Score: 19

finocchio is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
finocchio is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
finocchio is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

finocchio is a valid Words With Friends word