ferula
noun
fer·u·la
ˈfer-(y)ə-lə 
less common variant of ferule
1
: an instrument (such as a flat piece of wood like a ruler) used to punish children
2
: school discipline
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ferula
noun
fer·u·la
ˈfer-(y)ə-lə
1
capitalized
: a genus of Old World plants of the carrot family (Umbelliferae) yielding various gum resins (as galbanum and asafetida)
2
: a plant of the genus Ferula
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