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Dutchman's-pipe
[ duhch-muhnz-pahyp ]
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
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dutchman's-pipe1
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences
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This, too, had pretty compound leaves, and the whole vine, like our Virgin's-bower, lay lightly on what it covered; but the Dutchman's-pipe had a leafage too heavy save to make a thick screen or arch quickly and solidly.
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The curved hollow of the purplish-green Dutchman's-pipe is pocked on the inside by windowlike patches that are surrounded with pollen, which rubs off on the bug who mistakes the bright patch for daylight and freedom.
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