fumitory


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fumitory /ˈfjuːmɪt(ə)ri/
noun a plant with spikes of small tubular pink or white flowers and finely divided greyish leaves. [Genus Fumaria.]
– origin ME: from OFr. fumeterre, from med. L. fumus terrae ‘smoke of the earth’ (because of its greyish leaves).
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