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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 pipeplay

  Familiarity information: DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE (noun)


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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