English Dictionary: Ferula | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Sagapenum \[d8]Sag`a*pe"num\, n. [L. sagapenon, sacopenium, Gr. [?]: cf. F. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagap[82]num, Ar. sikb[c6]naj, Per. sakb[c6]nah, sikb[c6]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. |