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FUMARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fumaria mean?
• FUMARIA (noun)
The noun FUMARIA has 1 sense:
1. annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base
Familiarity information: FUMARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Fumaria; genus Fumaria
Hypernyms ("Fumaria" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Fumaria"):
Fumaria officinalis; fumeroot; fumewort; fumitory (delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally)
Holonyms ("Fumaria" is a member of...):
family Fumariaceae; Fumariaceae; fumitory family (erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn)
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