Example Sentences

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Norway maple is an invasive plant that has escaped from cultivation to displace sugar maple and shade to death spring wildflowers such as Dutchman’s breeches, dog-tooth violet and mayapple.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2019

The following are common in most parts of Ontario: squirrel-corn, Dutchman's breeches, blue cohosh, dog's-tooth violet, water-parsnip, catnip, and mallow.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Some of them, such as the Dutchman's breeches and the bluebell, have gone, like the beautiful children who died when life was young.

From Some Summer Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John

The plumy dicentra, or Dutchman’s breeches, seems so feminine as to be grossly misnamed until we remember that it was first discovered in the Rip Van Winkle country.

From Some Spring Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John

Lessons similar to that on the trillium may be based on adder's tongue, Indian turnip, Dutchman's breeches, violet, and clover.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education