fumariaceous

[fyoo-mar-ee-ey-shuhs]

adjective

1. belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fumariaceous¹

< Fumariace ( ae ) ( Fumari ( a ) the type genus ( Medieval Latin fūmāria, fūmārium fumitory; fume, -ary ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

Example Sentences

In another Fumariaceous genus, Hypecoum, Hildebrand observed that H. grandiflorum was highly self-sterile, whilst H. procumbens was fairly self-fertile.

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If you send any Fumariaceous plant, send if you can, also two or three single balsams.

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Professor Braun mentions a Fumariaceous genus, in which the flowers in the lower part of the spike bear oval, ribbed, one-seeded nutlets; and in the upper part of the spike, lanceolate, two-valved and two-seeded siliques.

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