'Climbing fumitory' definitions:

Definition of 'climbing fumitory'

(from WordNet)
noun
Vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria [syn: climbing fumitory, Allegheny vine, Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa]

Definition of 'Climbing fumitory'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]