fumitory > define
noun
- Delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally.
- synonyms: fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) 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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary