trumpet-creeper family
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trumpet creeper — ☆ trumpet creeper n. 1. a high climbing vine (Campsis radicans) of the bignonia family, native to the S U.S. and having red, trumpet shaped flowers 2. a similar Chinese vine (Campsis chinensis) of the bignonia family … English World dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trumpet creeper — any climbing plant belonging to the genus Campsis, of the bignonia family, esp. C. radicans, of the southern U.S., having elliptic leaves and large, red, trumpet shaped flowers. [1825 35, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant either of two species of… … Universalium
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trumpet creeper — noun a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet shaped flowers • Syn: ↑trumpet vine, ↑Campsis radicans • Hypernyms: ↑Bignoniaceae, ↑family Bignoniaceae … Useful english dictionary
Chinese trumpet creeper — noun a deciduous climber of the Bignonia family, Campsis chinensis, with large fern like leaves and sprays of scarlet to orange trumpet shaped flowers …
Trumpet vine — Taxobox name = Trumpet vine image width = 240px image caption = Trumpet vine flowers regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Bignoniaceae genus = Campsis species = C. radicans binomial = Campsis… … Wikipedia
trumpet vine — noun 1. a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet shaped flowers (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑trumpet creeper, ↑Campsis radicans • Hypernyms: ↑Bignoniaceae, ↑family Bignoniaceae 2. evergreen North American honeysuckle vine… … Useful english dictionary
trumpet flower — 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trumpet vine — 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
