Crossword clues for fumitory
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.
Wiktionary
n. A plant of the taxonomic genus ''Fumaria'', which are annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
WordNet
Usage examples of "fumitory".
The famous physician, John of Milan, extolled Fumitory as a sovereign remedy against malarious fever.
It alighted on a flower of the fumitory and stayed there, basking in the evening sun, its wings spread, then fluttering a little before they fanned out again.
A day or two you shall have digestives Of worms before you take your laxatives Of laurel, centuary, and fumitory, Or else of hellebore purificatory, Or caper spurge, or else of dogwood berry, Or herb ivy, all in our yard so merry.