In modern Hebrew, fennel is "shumar," but don't know whether this traditionally referred to fennel or to another plant (shumar has a Talmudic reference, appears in medieval medical text). I suspect its modern meaning is influenced by the Arabic equivalent.
See here: www.balashon.com/2022/06/sham...
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