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DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dutchman's-pipe mean?
• DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE (noun)
The noun DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE has 1 sense:
1. hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
Familiarity information: DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aristolochia durior; Aristolochia macrophylla; Dutchman's-pipe; pipe vine
Hypernyms ("Dutchman's-pipe" is a kind of...):
Aristolochia clematitis; birthwort (creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America)
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