| NOUN | plant | Aristolochia clematitis, birthwort | creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses |
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| Meaning | Creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America. | |
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| Synonym | birthwort | |
| Member of | Aristolochia, genus Aristolochia | birthworts |
| Narrower | Dutchman's-pipe, pipe vine, Aristolochia macrophylla, Aristolochia durior | Hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe |
| Virginia snakeroot, Virginia serpentaria, Virginia serpentary, Aristolochia serpentaria | birthwort of the eastern United States woodlands | |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
| Catalan | Aristolochia clematitis | |
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