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trumpet creeper

Bignoniaceous \Big*no`ni*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower (also called trumpet creeper and trumpet vine) is an example.

trumpet creeper

Bignonia \Big*no"ni*a\, prop. n. [Named from the Abb['e] Bignon.]

  1. (Bot.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. Bignonia capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper (also called the trumpet vine), with large red tubular flowers, was formerly considered to be of this genus, but is now classified as Campsis radicans.

  2. any member of the family Bignoniaceae, including the bignonia[1], catalpa, trumpet creeper, and princess tree. They typically have brightly colored tubular (trumpet-shaped) flowers.

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trumpet creeper

n. a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers [syn: trumpet vine, Campsis radicans]