| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| fumitory |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fu·mi·to·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fy  m -tôr  , -t r |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fu·mi·to·ries
An herb (Fumaria officinalis) native to Eurasia, having finely divided leaves and small, spurred, purplish flowers. Also called earth smoke. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English fumetere, from Old French fumeterre, from Medieval Latin f mus terrae : Latin fmus, smoke + Latin terrae, genitive of terra, dry land, earth; see ters- in Appendix I.
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