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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 flowers
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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