Dutchman's breeches (English, noun)
expansion: Dutchman's breeches pl (plural only)
Senses:
glosses: A plant of the species Dicentra cucullaria, native to eastern North America and the Columbia River basin.
tags: plural
plural-only
glosses: A plant of the species Lamprocapnos spectabilis, formerly Dicentra spectabilis, similar to D. cucullaria, but red or pink.
tags: plural
plural-only
glosses: Something proverbially blue, used in phrases relating to a clear blue sky, as in "enough blue sky to make [or patch] a Dutchman's breeches", etc.
tags: colloquial
plural
plural-only
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Dutchman, -'s, breeches.
tags: plural
plural-only
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