‖n.; L. pl.-ria /plu>. [ NL., fr. L. fumare, fumatum, to smoke. ] An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated to destroy germs or insects; esp., the apparatus used to destroy San José scale on nursery stock, with hydrocyanic acid vapor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ NL., fr. Eupator, king of Pontus, said to have used it as a medicine. ] (Bot.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]