pelican-flower

pelican-flower
/pel"i keuhn flow'euhr/, n.
a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 in. (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
[1895-1900]

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