ferula

American  

[fer-oo-luh, fer-yoo-] / ˈfɛr ʊ lə, ˈfɛr yʊ- /

noun

plural

ferulas, ferulae

1. Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.

2. ferule.

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ferula British  

/ ˌfɛruːˈleɪʃəs, ˌfɛrjuː-, ˈfɛrʊlə, ˈfɛrjʊ- /

noun

1. any large umbelliferous plant of the Mediterranean genus Ferula , having thick stems and dissected leaves: cultivated as the source of several strongly scented gum resins, such as galbanum

2. a rare word for ferule 1

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Other Word Forms

• ferulaceous adjective

Etymology

Origin of ferula

1350–1400; Middle English < New Latin, Latin; see ferule ¹

Example Sentences

In this place we are called upon to consider, whether it be more agreeable to have Latin or the ferula at our fingers’ ends.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

The Schoolmaster, with the ferula in his hand, surrounded by his scholars.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.

And I am obliged to answer yes, and no, and I thank you kindly, while my finger's ends are smoking, tingling, and aching under the stroke of the ferula!

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

TAWIS, TAWES, s. a whip; a lash; the ferula used by a schoolmaster.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

Page 52, line 32. ammoniacum.—Ammoniacum, or Gutta Ammoniaca, is described by Dioscorides as being the juice of a ferula grown in Africa, resembling galbanum, and used for incense.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William