birthwort

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birthwort - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Birthwort \Birth"wort`\, n.
     A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have
     medicinal properties.
     [1913 Webster]

birthwort - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  birthwort
      n 1: creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble
           fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and
           eastern North America [syn: birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis
           ]