big·no·ni·a (b g-n  n - )n. An evergreen, tendril-bearing woody vine (Bignonia capreolata) native chiefly to the southeast United States and having showy red-orange, trumpet-shaped flowers. Also called cross vine. [New Latin Bignonia, genus name, after Jean Paul Bignon (1662-1743), French royal librarian.] |
bignonia [bɪgˈnəʊnɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any tropical American bignoniaceous climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia (or Doxantha), cultivated for their trumpet-shaped yellow or reddish flowers See also cross vine
[from New Latin, named after the Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon (1662-1743)]
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| Noun | 1. |  Bignonia - one species: cross vine asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs Bignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae - trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales Bignonia capreolata, cross vine, quarter-vine, quartervine, trumpet flower - woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section |
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