trumpet flower

1. (Plants) any of various plants having trumpet-shaped flowers

2. (Plants) the flower of any of these plants

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trum′pet flow`er

1. any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.

2. the flower of any of these plants.

[1720–30]

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Noun	1.	trumpet flower - Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat chalice vine, cupflower, Solandra guttata genus Solandra, Solandra - shrubby climbers of tropical America bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	trumpet flower - woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section Bignonia capreolata, cross vine, quartervine, quarter-vine Bignonia, genus Bignonia - one species: cross vine vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
	3.	trumpet flower - evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers coral honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, trumpet honeysuckle, trumpet vine genus Lonicera, Lonicera - woodbine honeysuckle - shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera

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