TRUMPET FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trumpet flower mean? 

• TRUMPET FLOWER (noun)
  The noun TRUMPET FLOWER has 3 senses:

1. Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat

2. woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section

3. evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers

  Familiarity information: TRUMPET FLOWER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUMPET FLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chalice vine; cupflower; Solandra guttata; trumpet flower

Hypernyms ("trumpet flower" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("trumpet flower" is a member of...):

genus Solandra; Solandra (shrubby climbers of tropical America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bignonia capreolata; cross vine; quarter-vine; quartervine; trumpet flower

Hypernyms ("trumpet flower" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("trumpet flower" is a member of...):

Bignonia; genus Bignonia (one species: cross vine)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coral honeysuckle; Lonicera sempervirens; trumpet flower; trumpet honeysuckle; trumpet vine

Hypernyms ("trumpet flower" is a kind of...):

honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

Holonyms ("trumpet flower" is a member of...):

genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)