climbing fumitory

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climbing fumitory - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

climbing fumitory - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  climbing fumitory
      n 1: vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers;
           sometimes placed in genus Fumaria [syn: climbing fumitory
           , Allegheny vine, Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa
           ]