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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fumitory n : delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn: {fumewort}, {fumeroot}, {Fumaria officinalis}]
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