| Ferrugo | ‖n. [ L., iron rust, fr. ferrum iron. ] A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ferraro | prop. n. Geraldine Anne Ferraro, a United States politician. Born in 1935, she was a congresswoman from New York in the United States Congress from 1978 to 1984, and ran unsuccessfully in 1984 a candidate for Vice President of the United States, with Walter Mondale as the Presidential candidate. She was the first woman to be nominated by a major U. S. political party for the office of Vice President. [ PJC ] |
