Aristolochia Sipho, a climber with broad handsome foliage: so called from the shape of the flowers. See cut under Aristolochia.' name='description'> dutchman's-pipe - definition and meaning
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dutchman's-pipe

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The plant Aristolochia Sipho, a climber with broad handsome foliage: so called from the shape of the flowers. See cut under Aristolochia.

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

  • noun a hardy deciduous American vine (Aristolochia durior) having large, heart-shaped leaves and bearing brownish-purple flowers which have their calyx tubes curved like the bowl of a tobacco pipe. Formerly classified as Aristolochia Sipho.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe

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