noun pl. fumitories
Origin: ME fumeter < OFr fumeterre < ML fumus terrae, lit., smoke of the earth (see fume & terrain): so called from its smell
adjective
See fumitory in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. fu·mi·to·ries
Origin:
Origin: Middle English fumetere
Origin: , from Old French fumeterre
Origin: , from Medieval Latin fūmus terrae
Origin: : Latin fūmus, smoke
Origin: + Latin terrae
Origin: , genitive of terra, dry land, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots
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