foeman, foman, faman

[Eng.foe, and man.] An enemy in war; an adversary; a foe. *fō'e-ship, *fo-schip, *fo-schipe, s. [Eng. foe; -ship.] Enmity. fœ-ner-āte, v . t . [FENERATE.] fœ-ner-ā-tion, s . [FENERATION.] fœ-nic'-u-lum, s. [From Lat. fenum, fænum= hay; to the smell of which its scent bears some resemblance.] Bot.: Fennel. A genus of umbelliferous plants, family Seseli nide. The leaves are pinnately dicompound, the umbels compound, bracts and bracteoles none, flower yellow, calyx teeth none, fruit ovoid or oblong, with solitary vitte in the interstices. Four species are known. Fæniculum vul gare is the Common Fennel, which grows on rocks along the Atlantic coasts, not always being indigenous. F. capense is eaten in Southern Africa.