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Definition of Dutchman's breeches in English: Dutchman's breechesnoun North American A plant related to bleeding heart, but typically having pale yellow flowers. Genus Dicentra, family Fumariaceae: several species, in particular D. spectabilis Example sentencesExamples - Surf and turf Daytrip by boat to the 600-acre Indian Lake State Park, where you can jog the three-mile brushy Cherokee Trail past wildflowers like Dutchman's breeches and bloodroot.
- Among them are Dutchman's breeches, spring-beauty, and various species of toothwort, trillium, and violet.
- Over at the moist edge of our woods, there's snowy-bloomed bloodroot; on the opposite side, white-winged Dutchman's breeches.
- Many of our loveliest spring wildflowers - trillium, wild ginger, Dutchman's breeches, and hepatica among them - simply can't compete.
- This triggers the appearance of a number of wildflowers: trillium, phlox, trout lily, Dutchman's breeches, violets, wild strawberries and many more.
Origin Mid 19th century: so named because of the shape of the spurred flower. Definition of Dutchman's breeches in US English: Dutchman's breechesnoun North American A plant closely related to bleeding heart, but typically having pale yellow or white flowers. Genus Dicentra, family Fumariaceae: several species, in particular D. cucullaria Example sentencesExamples - Surf and turf Daytrip by boat to the 600-acre Indian Lake State Park, where you can jog the three-mile brushy Cherokee Trail past wildflowers like Dutchman's breeches and bloodroot.
- Over at the moist edge of our woods, there's snowy-bloomed bloodroot; on the opposite side, white-winged Dutchman's breeches.
- This triggers the appearance of a number of wildflowers: trillium, phlox, trout lily, Dutchman's breeches, violets, wild strawberries and many more.
- Among them are Dutchman's breeches, spring-beauty, and various species of toothwort, trillium, and violet.
- Many of our loveliest spring wildflowers - trillium, wild ginger, Dutchman's breeches, and hepatica among them - simply can't compete.
Origin Mid 19th century: so named because of the shape of the spurred flower. |