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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria;
[syn: climbing fumitory, Allegheny vine, Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

climbing fumitory n 1: vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria [syn: climbing fumitory, Allegheny vine, Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa]