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Fumitory

noun

Delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally. Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumewort.

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... "It is the bulbous-rooted fumitory," said the young man, pulling a piece at random in the reckless way in which men do disfigure forest flower-beds. "It isn't strictly indigenous, but it is naturalized in many places, and you must have seen it before, though ...

— Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men • Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

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Words linked to "Fumitory" : herbaceous plant, genus Fumaria, Fumaria, herb