Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   {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.