noun
erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn
• Syn: ↑Fumariaceae, ↑family Fumariaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rhoeadales, ↑order Rhoeadales, ↑Papaverales, ↑order Papaverales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Fumaria, ↑genus Fumaria, ↑Adlumia, ↑genus Adlumia, ↑Dicentra, ↑genus Dicentra
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noun* * *
the plant family Fumariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having deeply cut basal or alternate leaves, flowers with four petals of which one or two are spurred or lobed, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the bleeding heart, Dutchman's-breeches, fumitory, and squirrel corn.
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fumitory family,
a group of dicotyledonous erect or climbing herbs, closely allied to the poppy family. The family includes the corydalis, Dutchman's-breeches, and bleeding heart.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.