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Ferula   Listen
noun
Ferula  n.  
1.
A ferule. (Obs.)
2.
The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
3.
(capitalized) A genus of plants of the parsley family Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida (Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis), and Ferula orientalis.





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"Ferula" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ludwigsburg, and the Grand Duke of Wuertemberg himself heard Schubart spoken of! The schoolmaster of Geisslingen was, in 1768, promoted to be organist and band-director in this gay and pompous court. With a bounding heart, he tossed away his ferula, and hastened to the scene, where joys for evermore seemed calling on him. He plunged into the heart of business and amusement. Besides the music which he taught and played, publicly and privately, with great applause, he gave the military officers instruction in ...
— The Life of Friedrich Schiller - Comprehending an Examination of His Works • Thomas Carlyle
... careful Dominie, with ceaseless thrift, Now changeth ferula for rural hoe; But, first of all, with tender hand doth shift His college gown, because of solar glow, And hangs it on a bush, to scare the crow: Meanwhile, he plants in earth the dappled bean, Or trains the young potatoes all ...
— The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood • Thomas Hood


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