Fumitory

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fumitory
       n : delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of
           purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn: {fumewort},
            {fumeroot}, {Fumaria officinalis}]