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
That the juice of fumitory, if dropped in the eyes, will take away the redness and other defects, “although it procure some paine for the present and bringeth forth teares.”
From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
The juice of fumitory is said to clear the sight, and the kennel-wort was once a popular specific for the king's-evil.
From The Folk-lore of Plants by T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer
"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
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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