| 单词 | birthwort |
| 释义 | birthwort (once / 562825 pages) n WORD FAMILY birthwort USAGE EXAMPLESSometimes known as birthwort, Aristolochia contains aristolochic acid, which can cause kidney and liver damage and bladder cancer. Scientific American(Apr 13, 2012) A. Clematitis, birthwort, is a central and southern European species, found sometimes in England apparently wild on ruins and similar places, but not a native. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) Take savine, round birthwort, trochisks of myrrh, castor, cinnamon and saffron, each half a drachm; make a powder, give a drachm. Aristotle, The Works of Aristotle the Famous P...(2010) n creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America Syn|Hypo|Hyper Aristolochia clematitis Aristolochia durior, Aristolochia macrophylla, Dutchman's-pipe, pipe vine hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe Aristolochia serpentaria, Virginia serpentaria, Virginia serpentary, Virginia snakerootbirthwort of the eastern United States woodlands vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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