'Hog's fennel' definitions:

Definition of 'Hog's fennel'

From: GCIDE
  • Hog \Hog\ (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.]
  • 1. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suid[ae]; esp., the domesticated varieties of {Sus scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus Indicus}. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. [1913 Webster]
  • Bush hog, Ground hog, etc.. See under Bush, Ground, etc.
  • Hog caterpillar (Zool.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth.
  • Hog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser.)
  • Hog deer (Zool.), the axis deer.
  • Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum.
  • Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year.
  • Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea.
  • Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (Spondias lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.
  • Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane.
  • Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread.
  • Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel.
  • Mexican hog (Zool.), the peccary.
  • Water hog. (Zool.) See Capybara. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hog's fennel'

From: GCIDE
  • Fennel \Fen"nel\ (f[e^]n"n[e^]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. Fenugreek. Finochio.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus F[ae]niculum ({F[ae]niculum vulgare}), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds. [1913 Webster]
  • Smell of sweetest fennel. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex. --S. G. Goodrich. [1913 Webster]
  • Azorean fennel, or Sweet fennel, (F[ae]niculum dulce). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb.
  • Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed.
  • Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. Nigella Damascena is common in gardens. {Nigella sativa} furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25).
  • Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative.
  • Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus.
  • Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale) looking something like fennel. [1913 Webster]