Meaning Of The Word Dutchman's-pipe

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Dutchman's-pipe in American English
any of several hardy, woody twining vines (genus Aristolochia) of the birthwort family having large, brownish or purple, U-shaped flowers with a pouchlike base
noun: a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe

Dutchman's-pipe in British English
noun: a woody climbing plant, Aristolochia sipho, of the eastern US, cultivated for its greenish-brown mottled flowers, which are shaped like a curved pipe: family Aristolochiaceae

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