Fumaria officinalis 【医】 蓝堇
fumaria officinalis[ noun ]
delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
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Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ({Fumaria
officinalis}).
{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}.