different between finochii vs finochia

English

finochii pl

finochia (plural not attested)

Archaic spelling of finocchio.
- 1841, The Farm and the Garden (T.M. Cradock), page 55:
  The Sweet fennel — Fœniculum dulce — comes from Syria and the Azores; this is probably the kind mentioned by French authors; it is cultivated in Italy as a salad herb, under the name of Finochia, and is sometimes grown in England; but it soon degenerates here into the common fennel, and the seed requires to be annually obtained from Italy; when blanched like celery it is very tender and crisp.
- 1950, Athene: The American Magazine of Hellenic Thought (Athene Enterprises, Inc.), volumes 11–12, page 36:
  No celery with the appetizer array, finochia instead, the Greeks favor its flavor — definitely anise.

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