fumaria officinalis

2 definitions found

fumaria officinalis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis
     ).
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid,
        extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance,
        C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as
        by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is
        found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also
        called lichenic acid.
        [1913 Webster]

fumaria officinalis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Fumaria officinalis
      n 1: delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of
           purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn:
           fumitory, fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis]