ferula

/fer-oo-luh, fer-yoo-/US // ˈfɛr ʊ lə, ˈfɛr yʊ- //UK // (ˈfɛrʊlə, ˈfɛrjʊ-) //

阿魏,阿魏氏,阿魏酸奶,阿魏酸

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural fer·u·las, fer·u·lae [fer-oo-lee, fer-yoo-]. /ˈfɛr ʊˌli, ˈfɛr yʊ-/.
- : 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.
- : ferule.

Of Umbelliferae there exists in the low country one Ferula, a small tree of unknown properties.
An inferior sort is the product of certain species of Ferula.
The old gentleman jumped up, ferula in hand, and darted across the school, and saw himself upon the fatal slate.
There also are found in abundance the great umbelliferous plants—Ferula glauca, Ferula candelabra, and the Ferula asafœtida.
With a bounding heart, he tossed away his ferula, and hastened to the scene, where joys for evermore seemed calling on him.