noun
1. woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
• Syn: ↑cross vine, ↑quartervine, ↑quarter-vine, ↑Bignonia capreolata
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bignonia, ↑genus Bignonia
2. Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
• Syn: ↑chalice vine, ↑cupflower, ↑Solandra guttata
• Member Holonyms: ↑Solandra, ↑genus Solandra
3. evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑honeysuckle
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lonicera, ↑genus Lonicera
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noun1. : a plant having trumpet-shaped flowers: as
a. : trumpet creeper
b. : trumpet honeysuckle
c. : cross vine 1
d. : datura 2
e. : yellow elder
f. : yellow oleander
2. : a trumpet-shaped flower
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1. any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
2. See trumpet creeper.
3. See trumpet honeysuckle.
4. the flower of any of these plants.
[1720-30, Amer.]
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trumpet flower noun
A name for various bignoniaceous, solanaceous and other plants with large trumpet-shaped flowers
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Main Entry: ↑trumpet
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trumpet flower,
1. any one of certain plants with large or showy, trumpet-shaped flowers, especially the trumpet creeper and the trumpet honeysuckle.
2. the flower of one of these plants.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.