fumitory
Americannoun
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fumitories
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fumitory
1350–1400; alteration of earlier fumiterre, Middle English fumetere < Middle French < Medieval Latin fūmus terrae literally, smoke of the earth; literal sense uncertain
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Alongside their release, the authority have planted suitable plants for the birds to feed on - including "weedy" wildflowers like fumitory and vetch.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
"It is the bulbous-rooted fumitory," said the young man, pulling a piece at random in the reckless way in which men do disfigure forest flower-beds.
From Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
I think we may see this even in a small flower like the fumitory, in which one portion is deep purple and all the rest of the blossoms a delicate pink.
From Birds and Man by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
They utilise plants of various kinds, but usually fumitory, oats, nettle, various species of Veronica, etc.
From The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay
And down … the furrow dry Sunspurge and oxeye And laced-leaved lovely Foam-tuft fumitory .
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Robert Seymour Bridges
The fumitories are elegant plants, and nearly always in flower; the blossoms are small, yellow, sometimes white, and borne in profusion amongst the finely-cut foliage, which, the whole summer through, is a bright clear green.
From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle
All the fumitories prefer a light soil and a sunny position.
From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle
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