fumitory
Plural: fumitories
Noun
- A climbing plant with delicate, often purplish flowers.
- delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
- Any plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
Examples
- Playing FUMITORY gave him a rare double letter score, much to his delight.
Origin / Etymology
From late Middle English fumyter (with remodelling of suffix), from Old French fumeterre, from Latin fūmus terrae.
Scrabble Score: 16
fumitory: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfumitory: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fumitory: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
fumitory: valid Words With Friends Word