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fumitories
Variant of fumitory
noun pl. fumitories
any of a genus (Fumaria) of plants of the fumitory family, with watery juice and spurred flowers, formerly used in medicine
adjective
designating a family (Fumariaceae, order Papaverales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the dicentras and corydalises
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