Definition of Dutchman's breeches in English:
Dutchman's breeches
noun
A plant related to bleeding heart, but typically having pale yellow flowers.
〈主北美〉荷包牡丹Genus Dicentra, family Fumariaceae: several species, in particular D. spectabilis
- 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 breeches
noun
North American A plant closely related to bleeding heart, but typically having pale yellow or white flowers.
〈主北美〉荷包牡丹Genus Dicentra, family Fumariaceae: several species, in particular D. cucullaria
- 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.