FENNEC

(Cwnis zerda), a small animal allied to the dog and fox, and sometimes called the Sahara fox, being a native of that region. It lives on birds, jerboas, lizards, dates, ., burrows with great facility, and is easily 410 FENNEL tamed. It is fox-like in appearance, and is remarkable for the great size of its ears, FENNEL, a fragrant plant, Feniculum of ficin ale, cultivated in gardens, belonging to the nat. ord. Umbellifere. It bears umbels of small yellow fiowers, and has finely divided leaves. The fruits, or in common language the seeds, are carminative, and frequently employed in medicine.—Giant fennel isa popular name for Ferula communis, which attains sometimes a height of 15 feet.