birthwort (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *birthwort*:
NOUN	plant	birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis	creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses

English > *birthwort*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America.
Synonym	Aristolochia clematitis
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
Narrower	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

HyperDic: birthwort