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Definition: F officinalis
Fumitory
\Fu"mi*to*ry\, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop.,
smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See
Fume, and
Terrace.] (Bot.)
The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria,
annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves
and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes.
F. officinalis
is a common species, and was formerly used as an
antiscorbutic.
[1913 Webster]
Climbing fumitory (Bot.), the Alleghany vine (
Adlumia cirrhosa
); a biennial climbing plant with elegant
feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or
pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice.
[1913 Webster]