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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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