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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fumitory
     n.
     Any plant of the taxonomic genus ''Fumaria'' of annual herbaceous
  flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe
  and Asia.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  fumitory
     n.
     Any plant of the taxonomic genus ''Fumaria'' of annual herbaceous
  flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe
  and Asia.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fumitory
     n.
     Any plant of the taxonomic genus ''Fumaria'' of annual herbaceous
  flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe
  and Asia.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fumitory
     n.
     Any plant of the taxonomic genus ''Fumaria'' of annual herbaceous
  flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe
  and Asia.

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  fumitory /fjˈuːmɪtəɹi/ 
  росопас
  any plant of genus Fumaria

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  fumitory /fjˈuːmɪtəɹi/ 
  emäkki
  any plant of genus Fumaria

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  fumitory /fjˈuːmɪtəɹi/ 
  jordrök
  any plant of genus Fumaria

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  fumitory /fjˈuːmɪtəɹi/
  1. şahtere, (bot.) Fu maria officinalis

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 延胡索属之植物;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 延胡索属之植物

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