n 1  cap  :  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 .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  va·ri·o·la  vi·ral  vir·ile 
 
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