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Italian word
finocchio
fennel (the vegetable)
Looks like
Pinocchio
Pinocchio is the fictional puppet character
⚠️ The trap
'Finocchio' is fennel — the anise-flavoured vegetable with white bulb and feathery green fronds. English speakers sometimes confuse it with 'Pinocchio' (the puppet). The anise/liquorice flavour of fennel is mild when eaten raw and more pronounced when cooked.
To say "Pinocchio is the fictional puppet character" in Italian:
finocchio (fennel) — also an Italian slang word (offensive), but ignore that here
"finocchio" in English means:
fennel (the vegetable)
Example
"L'insalata di finocchi e arance è fresca e profumata."
"Fennel and orange salad is fresh and fragrant."
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