Definition

1. Noun:
   • A hardy deciduous vine with large leaves and flowers whose calyx tube is curved like the bowl of a pipe: This term refers to a specific type of climbing plant, known for its distinctive, pipe-shaped flowers.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The garden featured a beautiful dutchman's-pipe climbing over the arbor.
  • Botanists study the unique pollination mechanism of the dutchman's-pipe.

Advanced Usage

• As a common name: The term is used in horticulture and botany as the common name for plants in the genus , particularly or .
  • The dutchman's-pipe is often planted for its unusual flowers and dense foliage.

Variants and Related Words

• Pipevine (n): Another common name for the same plant, referring to its pipe-shaped flowers.
  • Pipevine swallowtail butterflies lay their eggs on this plant.
• Aristolochia (n): The scientific genus name for dutchman's-pipe and related species.

Synonyms

• Birthwort: A name for plants in the Aristolochia genus, historically used in medicine.
• Pipe vine: A direct descriptive synonym.

Notes

• The name "dutchman's-pipe" is a compound noun. The primary definition and examples above focus on the term as a single, fixed unit referring to the plant.
• This plant is native to the eastern United States and is known for its large, heart-shaped leaves and peculiar brownish-purple flowers that resemble a Dutch smoking pipe.

Noun

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