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Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant ({Ferula asafoetida}) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also {assafoetida}.]
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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.
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2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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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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