'Fumitory' definitions:
Definition of 'fumitory'
From: WordNet
noun
Delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn: fumitory, fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis]
Definition of '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]