Fumitory

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The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annualherbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and smallflowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a commonspecies, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic. Climbing fumitory(Bot.), the Alleghany vine (Adlumia cirrhosa); a biennial climbingplant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty whiteor pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice.