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giant fennel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Ferula communis, a tall herbaceous perennial (not a true fennel), of the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean and eastern Africa.

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  • Arabic: كَلْخ كَبِير (kalḵ kabīr) — Ferula communis
  • Arabic: كلخ (kalḵ) — Ferula communis
  • Aramaic: ܩܠܚܠܚܐ (qlaḥlāḥā) — Ferula communis
  • Catalan: canyaferla — Ferula communis
  • Catalan: fèl·lera (Balearics) — Ferula communis
  • Catalan: fenollassa — Ferula communis
  • Czech: ločidlo obecné — Ferula communis
  • Finnish: välimerenkeltaputki — Ferula communis
  • French: férule commune — Ferula communis
  • French: grande férule — Ferula communis
  • French: férule — Ferula communis
  • Galician: canafrecha — Ferula communis
  • German: Riesenfenchel — Ferula communis
  • German: Steckenkraut — Ferula communis
  • Ancient Greek: νάρθηξ (nárthēx) — Ferula communis
  • Hungarian: husáng — Ferula communis
  • Polish: zapaliczka pospolita — Ferula communis
  • Russian: фе́рула обыкнове́нная (férula obyknovénnaja) — Ferula communis
  • Serbo-Croatian: fȉjerla — Ferula communis
  • Serbo-Croatian: devèsilj — Ferula communis
  • Serbo-Croatian: nevèsilj — Ferula communis
  • Spanish: cañaheja — Ferula communis
  • Spanish: férula — Ferula communis
  • Swedish: jättestinkfloka — Ferula communis
  • Turkish: çakşır otu — Ferula communis
  • Welsh: cedowydd — Ferula communis