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Webster 1913 Edition
Fumitory
Fu′mi-to-ry
,Noun.
[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.