Reminiscent of anise and licorice, fennel is one of those versatile herbs unfamiliar to many Americans, but found to be delightful upon experimentation. One reason for its versatility is that every part can be used: the bulb root, the tender, wispy leaves, and the seeds.
Hypernyms (pseudo is a kind of...): beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of pseudo): name dropper (someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends)
Health fraud is often used as a synonym for quackery, but quackery's salient characteristic is its more aggressive promotion (quacks quack!).  Pseudo-medicine  is a term for treatments known to be ineffective, regardless of whether their advocates themselves believe in their effectiveness.uackery is the promotion of false and unproven health schemes for a profit. It is rooted in the traditions of the marketplace, with commercialism overwhelming professionalism in the marketing of alternative medicine.