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- n. The Dutchman's pipe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Any climbing species of Aristolochia; esp., the Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia sipho). See under Dutchman.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See Aristolochia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
Others provide fragrances that the pollinator gathers to use for its own reproductive advertisement, and a few fascinating species employ deceit and provide no reward (see the species account on pipevine for an example).
The pipevine swallowtail has no mimics in California, though.
Calico pipevine (A. elegans) has a burgundy-mottled frill around the mouth of the flower.
The extraordinary birdwing butterflies of the Indo-Malayan region are also pipevine specialists.
We've seen a mass emergence of adult swallowtails on an East Bay hillside planted with pipevine.
At least two other butterflies and a moth have developed a protective resemblance to the pipevine swallowtail in that part of its range.
The caterpillars of our own black-and-blue pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor) eat nothing but pipevine leaves.
In the garden, California pipevine is undemanding.
We're proud to announce that our California pipevine has finally bloomed, after years of biding its time.
I think this on is a pipevine swallowtail out the back of my parents 'house.