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TRUMPET VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trumpet vine mean? 

TRUMPET VINE (noun)
  The noun TRUMPET VINE has 2 senses:

1. a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowersplay

2. evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowersplay

  Familiarity information: TRUMPET VINE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRUMPET VINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Campsis radicans; trumpet creeper; trumpet vine

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

Bignoniaceae; family Bignoniaceae (trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)


Sense 2

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 vine" is a kind of...):

honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

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

genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)


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