/fyooh"mi tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , n. , pl. fumitories .
any plant of the genus Fumaria, esp. a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
[ 1350-1400; alter. of earlier fumiterre, ME fumetere fumus terrae lit., smoke of the earth; literal sense uncert. ]