fenocchio

Noun

 * 1) * 1860, Idea [pseud.], Lyrics and Legends of Rome, epilogue, “Storia dell’ Mas’ Aniello”, page 148
 * […] Since buried she lay in a deep bed of Oysters, He’d live on “Fenocchi,” and die in his Cloisters! […]
 * 1) * 1911, Augustus John Cuthbert Hare [aut.] and Welbore St Clair Baddeley [ed.], Cities of Southern Italy (E.P. Dutton and company), page 162
 * But at all times the place is worth a visit to those who can admire flat scenery, and the artist will delight in the Cuyp-like effects of the oxen and horses and groups of pilgrims (for some are here always) seen against the delicate aerial mountain distances; and in the beautiful colouring of the plain, pink with asphodel in spring, or golden with fenocchio.
 * 1) * 1957, Margaret Renée Bryers Shaw, Laurence Sterne: The Making of a Humorist, 1713–1762 (Richards Press), page 47
 * Most of his ‘town poetry’ was written in the village of Twickenham where, in between fits of composition, he was out in his garden looking to see how his broccoli were springing up, or if the ‘fenocchio’ was sprouting.
 * But at all times the place is worth a visit to those who can admire flat scenery, and the artist will delight in the Cuyp-like effects of the oxen and horses and groups of pilgrims (for some are here always) seen against the delicate aerial mountain distances; and in the beautiful colouring of the plain, pink with asphodel in spring, or golden with fenocchio.
 * 1) * 1957, Margaret Renée Bryers Shaw, Laurence Sterne: The Making of a Humorist, 1713–1762 (Richards Press), page 47
 * Most of his ‘town poetry’ was written in the village of Twickenham where, in between fits of composition, he was out in his garden looking to see how his broccoli were springing up, or if the ‘fenocchio’ was sprouting.