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fumitory
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fumitory has 1 sense
- fumitory(n = noun.plant) fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumewort - delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally; Array is a member of fumaria, genus fumaria
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
fumitory, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop., smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See Fume, and Terrace.].
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fumitory, n. any plant of the genus Fumaria, esp. F. officinalis, formerly used against scurvy.
Etymology
ME f. OF fumeterre f. med.L fumus terrae earth-smoke
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