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

PAWMIE, s. a stroke on the hand with the ferula.

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

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

—Enough, enough!—A severe, punctual, painstaking Voltaire, sitting with the schoolmaster's bonnet on head; ferula visible, if not actually in hand.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 by Carlyle, Thomas

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

Perhaps the ferula had been applied to him at Constantinople in old days. 

From Roman and the Teuton by Kingsley, Charles