“Dutchman's”

The following 3 entries include the term Dutchman's.

Dutchman's-breeches

noun

: a spring-flowering herb (Dicentra cucullaria) of the fumitory family occurring in the eastern U.S. and having finely divided leaves and cream-white double-spurred flowers

Dutchman's-pipe

noun

: a vine (Aristolochia macrophylla synonym A. durior) of the birthwort family with large leaves and early summer flowers having the tube of the calyx curved like the bowl of a pipe

Dutchman's log

noun

: a method of estimating the speed of a boat in which an object that will float (as a piece of wood) is thrown over the bow and calculations are made based on the time that elapses before the stern passes


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