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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 flowers
2. evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
Familiarity information: TRUMPET VINE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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