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FUMITORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fumitory mean?
• FUMITORY (noun)
The noun FUMITORY has 1 sense:
1. delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
Familiarity information: FUMITORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("fumitory" 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 ("fumitory" is a member of...):
Fumaria; genus Fumaria (annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base)
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