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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fu·mi·to·ry n.  Bot. The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic.
 Climbing fumitory Bot., the Alleghany vine (Adlumia cirrhosa); a biennial climbing plant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 climbing fumitory
      n : vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers;
          sometimes placed in genus Fumaria [syn: Allegheny vine,
           Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa]