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ferula

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fer=u=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

ferulan. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.].
  •  A ferule.  Beau. & Fl.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ferula, n.
1 any plant of the genus Ferula, esp. the giant fennel (F. communis), having a tall sticklike stem and thick roots.
2 = FERULE.

Etymology
ME f. L, = giant fennel, rod

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