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GENUS FUMARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base
Synonyms:
Fumaria; genus Fumaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Fumaria" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Fumaria"):
Fumaria officinalis; fumeroot; fumewort; fumitory (delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally)
Holonyms ("genus 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)