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EVENING TRUMPET FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does evening trumpet flower mean? 

EVENING TRUMPET FLOWER (noun)
  The noun EVENING TRUMPET FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowersplay

  Familiarity information: EVENING TRUMPET FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EVENING TRUMPET FLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carolina jasmine; evening trumpet flower; Gelsemium sempervirens; yellow jasmine; yellow jessamine

Hypernyms ("evening 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 ("evening trumpet flower" is a member of...):

Gelsemium; genus Gelsemium (evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia)


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