What does "finocchio" mean?

A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).

What is a synonym for "finocchio"?

Common synonyms include: florence fennel, dicklicker, fennel, fennel, fruit, gay man.

Pronounced //fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ//.

//fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
"Finocchios are shoots of the fennel, an odoriferous plant of the Umbelliferae family."
2
aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads wordnet
3
A gay man. derogatory, slang
"On many, a cold freezing night, of temperatures hovering near zero, the finocchios tease and try to encourage Tedesco to join in their warm body orgies."