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[syn: fumitory, fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria
officinalis).
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Fumaria officinalis
n 1: delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of
purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn:
fumitory, fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis]