ARISTOLOCHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aristolochia mean? 

• ARISTOLOCHIA (noun)
  The noun ARISTOLOCHIA has 1 sense:

1. birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe

  Familiarity information: ARISTOLOCHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARISTOLOCHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aristolochia; genus Aristolochia

Hypernyms ("Aristolochia" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Aristolochia"):

Aristolochia clematitis; birthwort (creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America)

Holonyms ("Aristolochia" is a member of...):

Aristolochiaceae; birthwort family; family Aristolochiaceae (family of birthworts (including wild ginger))