From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
fumitory
n : delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of
purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn:
fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fumitory \Fu"mi*to*ry\, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop.,
smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See
Fume, and Terrace.] (Bot.)
The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria,
annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves
and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. {F.
officinalis} is a common species, and was formerly used as an
antiscorbutic.
[1913 Webster]
Climbing fumitory (Bot.), the Alleghany vine ({Adlumia
cirrhosa}); a biennial climbing plant with elegant
feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or
pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice.
[1913 Webster]