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Dutchman's-pipe definition

Dutchman's-pipe (-pīp′)

noun

any of several hardy, woody twining vines (genus Aristolochia) of the birthwort family having large, brownish or purple, -shaped flowers with a pouchlike base

Etymology: from the resemblance of the blossom to a pipe bowl

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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