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单词 birthwort
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Definition of birthwort in English:

birthwort

noun ˈbəːθwəːt
  • A climbing or herbaceous plant that typically has heart-shaped leaves and deep-throated, pipe-shaped flowers. It was formerly used as an aid to childbirth and to induce abortion.

    铁线莲状马兜铃,催生草

    Genus Aristolochia, family Aristolochiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The three groups of paleoherbs are Aristolochiales (birthwort, Dutchman's pipe), Piperales (pepper vine, lizard's tails), and Nymphaeales (lotus, waterlilies).
    • The female common birdwing lays single eggs, which she attaches to the surface of the Indian birthwort leaves.
    • Certainly, Europeans were familiar with Dutchmans pipes or birthworts - Aristolochia clematitis was employed as an ‘aid’ to women in labor until the late 1800s.
    • Many of the plant relicts are members of old families: heathers, orchids, honeysuckles, birthworts, and lillies.
    • Member of the genus Aristolochia are also called birthworts and are occasionally encountered in herbal preparations as a remedy for various ailments as well as to ease the pain of childbirth.
    • The ancient Greek herbalists thought that plants belonging to this genus facilitated childbirth, hence the common name, birthwort.

Definition of birthwort in US English:

birthwort

noun
  • A climbing or herbaceous plant that typically has heart-shaped leaves and deep-throated, pipe-shaped flowers. It was formerly used as an aid to childbirth and to induce abortion.

    铁线莲状马兜铃,催生草

    Genus Aristolochia, family Aristolochiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many of the plant relicts are members of old families: heathers, orchids, honeysuckles, birthworts, and lillies.
    • The female common birdwing lays single eggs, which she attaches to the surface of the Indian birthwort leaves.
    • The three groups of paleoherbs are Aristolochiales (birthwort, Dutchman's pipe), Piperales (pepper vine, lizard's tails), and Nymphaeales (lotus, waterlilies).
    • The ancient Greek herbalists thought that plants belonging to this genus facilitated childbirth, hence the common name, birthwort.
    • Member of the genus Aristolochia are also called birthworts and are occasionally encountered in herbal preparations as a remedy for various ailments as well as to ease the pain of childbirth.
    • Certainly, Europeans were familiar with Dutchmans pipes or birthworts - Aristolochia clematitis was employed as an ‘aid’ to women in labor until the late 1800s.
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