FUMARIA OFFICINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fumaria officinalis mean? 

• FUMARIA OFFICINALIS (noun)
  The noun FUMARIA OFFICINALIS has 1 sense:

1. delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally

  Familiarity information: FUMARIA OFFICINALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUMARIA OFFICINALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fumaria officinalis; fumeroot; fumewort; fumitory

Hypernyms ("Fumaria officinalis" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Fumaria officinalis" is a member of...):

Fumaria; genus Fumaria (annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base)