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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fu·mar·ic a. Chem. Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).
 Fumaric acid Chem., a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Fumaria officinalis
      n : delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of
          purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn: fumitory,
           fumewort, fumeroot]