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Ferulate vs Ferulae - What's the difference?

ferulate | ferulae |

As nouns the difference between ferulate and ferulae

is that ferulate is a salt or ester of ferulic acid while ferulae is the stroke of a cane.

ferulate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A salt or ester of ferulic acid.

    • ferulae

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) the stroke of a cane
  • *1916': "And Old Barrett has a new way of twisting the note so that you can't open it and fold it again to see how many '''ferulae you are to get." - (James Joyce), (Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 50)