ferula

Etymology
, whose stalks were once used in punishing schoolboys. .

Noun

 * 1)  A ferule.
 * 2)  A stroke from a cane.
 * 3)  The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
 * 1)  The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
 * 1)  The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.

Translations

 * French: coup de cane

Etymology
but perhaps connected to.

Noun

 * 1) giant fennel
 * 2) a staff, stick, rod
 * 3) a splint
 * 4) the unramified horn of a young stag