HyperDic: pipe_vine

English > 1 sense of the expression pipe vine:
NOUNplantpipe vine, Dutchman's-pipe, Aristolochia macrophylla, Aristolochia duriorhardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
English > pipe vine: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningHardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe.
SynonymsDutchman's-pipe, Aristolochia macrophylla, Aristolochia durior
Broaderbirthwort, Aristolochia clematitisCreeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses

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