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aristolochia (iou)



aristolochia noun. OE.
[medieval Latin aristologia, French aristoloche, from Latin aristolochia from Greek aristolokhia, -eia, from aristolokhos well-born (from its medicinal repute).]
Any of numerous climbing shrubs or other plants of the genus Aristolochia (family Aristolochiaceae), bearing tubular, often bizarre, flowers; esp. A. clematitis. Also called birthwort.