(Dicentra cucullaria) of the northern United States and southern Canada, having finely divided leaves and yellowish-white flowers with two spurs.' name='description'> Dutchman's breeches - definition and meaning
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Dutchman's breeches

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural A woodland plant (Dicentra cucullaria) of the northern United States and southern Canada, having finely divided leaves and yellowish-white flowers with two spurs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) a delicate perennial spring-flowering herb (Dicentra cucullaria) of eastern U.S., having peculiar double-spurred white flowers. See Illust. of dicentra

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