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Definition of Fumariaceae
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 Fumariaceae
Literary usage of Fumariaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Fumariaceae DC. Syst. 2: 104. 1821. FUME WORT FAMILY. Annual, biennial or perennial
herbs, with watery sap, dissected alternate or basal leaves without ..."
2. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"Fumariaceae (pp. 56-58). Zsak Zoltan has recently met with unicellular finger-shaped
trichomes in specimens of Corydalis cava and C. solida, ..."
3. 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; ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1902)
"... of the NO Fumariaceae, now frequently classed as a sub-order of the Papaveraceae,
is represented by about fourteen species growing in North America and ..."