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Definition of Aristolochia
1. Noun. Birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Aristolochiaceae, Birthwort Family, Family Aristolochiaceae
Member holonyms: Aristolochia Clematitis, Birthwort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aristolochia
Literary usage of Aristolochia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"E. Aristolochia brevipes Kenth. Guaco. Vine 6 feet, abundant on stone walls about
Izamal, ... (440- Aristolochia GRANDIFLORA Sw. Flor tie Pato. Aristolochia ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1808)
"Aristolochia GLAUCA. GLAUCOUS- LEAVED BIRTH-WORT. ... Aristolochia glauca: (volubilis
... of Aristolochia, a native of Spain and ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"It seems to be confined to Aristolochia, the 2 s rarely ovipositing on ...
Mine were all fed up upon Aristolochia sipho ; but when this ran short they would ..."
4. The American homoeopathic pharmacopoeia by Joseph T. O'Connor (1883)
"The common aristolochia is a perennial, growing near hedges, ditches and vineyards,
indigenous to ... Synonyms, Aristolochia Grandiflora, Gom. Aristolochia ..."
5. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"340, Aristolochia. Calyx none. Corolla superior, globular at the base, tubular above
... Aristolochia trilobate. Leaves trilobate. Stem twining. ..."
6. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"It is, however, less agreeable to most persons than many other drugs of its class,
and scarcely deserves to rank as a medicinal agent. Aristolochia. ..."
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