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Definition of Fumitory family
1. Noun. Erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Papaverales, Order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, Rhoeadales
Member holonyms: Fumaria, Genus Fumaria, Adlumia, Genus Adlumia, Dicentra, Genus Dicentra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumitory Family
Literary usage of Fumitory family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"Coles asserts "the swallow cureth her dim eyes with Celandine." i FUMITORY
FAMILY (Fumariaceae) Dutchman's Breeches; White Hearts; Soldier's Cap; ..."
2. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... fumitory family. Sepals 2, scale-like ; petals 4, much larger, also irregular
and closed, the 2 outer with spreading tips and 1 or both spurred or ..."
3. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1856)
"(fumitory family.) 5. ... (fumitory family.) Delicate smooth herbs, with watery
juice, compound dissected leaves, ..."
4. Report (1913)
"FUMARIACEAE fumitory family. Adlumia fungosa (Ait.) Greene. Climbing Fumitory.
Abundant on the shaded rocky bluff, east side. CRUCIFERAE—MUSTARD FAMILY. ..."
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