noun
annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base
• Syn: ↑genus Fumaria
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Fumariaceae, ↑family Fumariaceae, ↑fumitory family
• Member Meronyms: ↑fumitory, ↑fumewort, ↑fumeroot, ↑Fumaria officinalis
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Fumaria /fū-māˈri-ə/
noun
The fumitory genus, giving name to the Fumariāˈceae, a family related to the poppies
ORIGIN: L fūmus; see ↑fumitory
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fumaric acid /fū-marˈik/ noun
An acid isomeric with maleic acid, found in Fumaria and other plants
Useful english dictionary. 2012.