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
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Etymology
Origin of ferula
1350–1400; Middle English < New Latin, Latin; see ferule 1
Example Sentences
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He took up his dark, formidable ferula, and leaned his forehead thoughtfully upon it.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee
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
The fennel and the ferula raised their crowns upon their stems with glistening sheaths.
From Romance of the Rabbit by Edgerton, Gladys
"You have no idea how I miss you," he said, taking my fan and drawing his thumb over it, as if he were feeling the edge of his ferula.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee
Ah ferus, ah culter, sub quo, puer auree, crescis, Mortis proficiens hac quasi sub ferula.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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