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    BIRTHWORT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    Aristolochia clematitis; birthwort

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("birthwort" 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 "birthwort"):

    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 ("birthwort" is a member of...):

    Aristolochia; genus Aristolochia (birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe)

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