dutchman's-pipe

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspipe vineAristolochia macrophyllaAristolochia durior

   Broaderbirthwort

Questions about dutchman's-pipe

What does dutchman's-pipe mean?

dutchman's-pipe means "hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe".

How many syllables are in dutchman's-pipe?

dutchman's-pipe has 3 syllables: dutch-man'-s-pipe. The stress falls on "dutch".

What is another word for dutchman's-pipe?

Close synonyms include pipe vine, Aristolochia macrophylla, Aristolochia durior. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dutchman's-pipe a common word?

dutchman's-pipe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.