ferula
Americannoun
plural
ferulas, ferulae-
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.
noun
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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
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a rare word for ferule 1
Other Word Forms
- ferulaceous adjective
Etymology
Origin of ferula
1350–1400; Middle English < New Latin, Latin; see ferule 1
Example Sentences
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Conditi Paradoxi compositio: mellis partes. xv. in æneum uas mittuntur in præmissis inde sextariis duobus ut in cocturam mellis uinum decoques. quod igni lento: & aridis lignis calefactum comotum ferula dum coquitur.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
More especially the delicate and Cottrellian grace with which you officiated, with a ferula for a white wand, as gentleman usher to the word "also," which it seems did not know its place.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
His ferula may be an Aaron's rod which buds and blossoms; but it does not bear sufficient fruit to furnish a hungry world with necessary aliment.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper
His ferula was stuck on the other side, like Harlequin's wooden sword; and he carried in his hand the tattered volume which he had been busily perusing.
From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir
Squill, scilla maritima, garlic, leek, onion, allium, asafœtida, ferula asafœtida, gum ammoniac, benzoin, tar, pix liquida, balsam of Tolu.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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