Fennel is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including in its native range the mouse moth and the Old-World swallowtail. Where it has been introduced in North America it may be used by the anise swallowtail. The word "fennel" developed from the Middle English "fenel" or "fenyl". This came from the Old English "fenol" or "finol", which in turn came from the Latin "feniculum" or "foeniculum", the diminutive of "fenum" or "faenum", meaning "hay". The Latin word for the plant was "ferula", which is now used as the genus name of a related plant. The
Flavour and Fragrance Journal Flavour and Fragrance Journal The Flavour and Fragrance Journal is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1985 by John Wiley & Sons. It publishes original research articles, reviews and special reports on all aspects of flavour and fragrance. The current Editor-in-Chief is Alain Chaintreau (Firmenich, Switzerland). "Flavour and Fragrance Journal" is indexed in: According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 1.97, ranking it 22nd out of 70 journals in the category "Applied Chemistry" and 36th out of 123 in the category "Food Science and Technology. The most-cited articles published in the "