climbing fumitory

1. 1.

   vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria

   SynonymsAllegheny vineAdlumia fungosaFumaria fungosa

   Broadervine

Questions about climbing fumitory

What does climbing fumitory mean?

climbing fumitory means "vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria".

What is another word for climbing fumitory?

Close synonyms include Allegheny vine, Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is climbing fumitory a common word?

climbing fumitory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.