birthworts in English

noun
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a climbing or herbaceous plant that typically has heart-shaped leaves and deep-throated, often pipe-shaped, flowers. It was formerly used as an aid to childbirth and to induce abortion.
The three groups of paleoherbs are Aristolochiales ( birthwort , Dutchman's pipe), Piperales (pepper vine, lizard's tails), and Nymphaeales (lotus, waterlilies).

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3. Birthwort ( countable and uncountable, plural Birthworts ) Any plant species of the genus Aristolochia

4. Aristolochiaceae (Birthworts) A family of climbers and a few herbs in which the flowers are usually zygomorphic and often foetid

5. ‘The female common birdwing lays single eggs, which she attaches to the surface of the Indian Birthwort leaves.’ ‘Many of the plant relicts are members of old families: heathers, orchids, honeysuckles, Birthworts, and lillies.’