Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [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.]

1. A ferule. [Obs.]

--Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire. [1913 Webster]

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. [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Sagapenum \Sag`a*pe"num\, n. [L. sagapenon, sacopenium, Gr. ?: cf. F. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagap['e]num, Ar. sikb[=i]naj, Per. sakb[=i]nah, sikb[=i]nah.]

(Med.) A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. --U. S. Disp.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [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.]

1. A ferule. [Obs.]

--Beau. & Fl.

2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)