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Fumitory

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Noun

1. fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumewort, fumitory

delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally

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Fumitory

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noun plural -ries
any plant of the chiefly European genus Fumaria, esp F. officinalis, having spurred flowers and formerly used medicinally: family Fumariaceae

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Fumitory

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfumiˌtories
1. 
any of a genus (Fumaria) of plants of the fumitory family, with watery juice and spurred flowers, formerly used in medicine
adjective
2. 
designating a family (Fumariaceae, order Papaverales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the dicentras and corydalises

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fumitory

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n. pl. fu·mi·to·ries
Any of various annual plants of the genus Fumaria native to Eurasia and Africa, having finely divided leaves and small, spurred, purplish flowers. Also called earth smoke.

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