noun pl. fumitories
any of a genus (Fumaria) of plants of the fumitory family, with watery juice and spurred flowers, formerly used in medicine
Origin:
ME fumeter < OFr fumeterre < ML fumus terrae, lit., smoke of the earth (see fume & terrain): so called from its smell
adjective
designating a family (Fumariaceae, order Papaverales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the dicentras and corydalises