- bignonia family
- bignonia family,a group of plants with showy, trumpet-shaped flowers. The bignonia, trumpet creeper, and catalpa belong to this family of largely tropical plants.
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bignonia family
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bignonia — [big nō′nē ə] n. [after the Abbé Bignon (1662 1743), librarian to LOUIS XV] a tropical American evergreen vine (Bignonia capreolata) of the bignonia family that bears tendrils, compound leaves, and trumpet shaped, yellow or reddish flowers adj.… … English World dictionary
bignonia — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from J. P. Bignon died 1743 French royal librarian Date: 1785 a woody evergreen vine (Bignonia capreolata of the family Bignoniaceae, the bignonia family) of American and Japanese woody vines with compound… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Bignonia — ID 10362 Symbol Key BIGNO Common Name bignonia Family Bignoniaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV Growth Habit … USDA Plant Characteristics
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bignonia capreolata — 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
Bignonia — Taxobox name = Bignonia image caption = Bignonia grandifolia image width = 220px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Bignoniaceae genus = Bignonia subdivision ranks = species subdivision =… … Wikipedia
bignonia — /big noh nee euh/, n. 1. any chiefly tropical American climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia, cultivated for its showy, trumpet shaped flowers. 2. any member of the plant family Bignoniaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and woody vines having… … Universalium
Bignonia — noun one species: cross vine • Syn: ↑genus Bignonia • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Bignoniaceae, ↑family Bignoniaceae … Useful english dictionary
family Bignoniaceae — noun trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales • Syn: ↑Bignoniaceae • Derivationally related forms: ↑bignoniaceous (for: ↑Bignoniaceae) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bignonia — noun Any member of the genus Bignonia of flowering plants in the catalpa family … Wiktionary
