dutchman's-breeches

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dutchman's-breeches - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dutchman's breeches \Dutchman's breeches\, Dutchman's-breeches
  \Dutchman's-breeches\n. (Bot.),
     a delicate perennial spring-flowering herb (Dicentra cucullaria
     ) of eastern U.S., having peculiar double-spurred
     white flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra
  
     Syn: Dicentra cucullaria.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]