different between thyme vs fennel

English

Etymology

From Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek ????? (thúmon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m
• Homophone: time

Noun

thyme (countable and uncountable, plural thymes)

1. Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as the garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris, a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

Usage notes

• In older Irish and British poems and songs, the plant was sometimes seen as a metaphor for virginity and chastity.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• thyme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thymus (Lamiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thymus (Lamiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• methy, mythe

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?t?y.me/, [?t???m?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ti.me/, [?t?i?m?]

Noun

thyme

1. vocative singular of thymus

English

Etymology

From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Old French fenoil, from the Vulgar Latin *f?nuclum, f?noclum, from Late Latin f?nuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?n?l/
• Rhymes: -?n?l

Noun

fennel (usually uncountable, plural fennels)

1. A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
2. (cooking) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
3. (cooking) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.

Synonyms

• sweet anise

Derived terms

• dog fennel
• hog’s fennel
• meridian fennel
• sweet fennel
• water fennel
• Florence fennel

Translations

Further reading

• fennel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia