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ARISTOLOCHIA CLEMATITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
Synonyms:
Aristolochia clematitis; birthwort
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aristolochia clematitis" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Aristolochia clematitis"):
Aristolochia durior; Aristolochia macrophylla; Dutchman's-pipe; pipe vine (hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe)
Aristolochia serpentaria; Virginia serpentaria; Virginia serpentary; Virginia snakeroot (birthwort of the eastern United States woodlands)
Holonyms ("Aristolochia clematitis" is a member of...):
Aristolochia; genus Aristolochia (birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe)
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