Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of many species, natural order Bignoniaceœ, natives of the warmer portions of the new world.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Bot.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers.
Bignonia capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper (also called the trumpet vine), with large red tubular flowers, was formerly considered to be of this genus, but is now classified asCampsis radicans . - proper noun any member of the family
Bignoniaceae , including thebignonia{1} ,catalpa ,trumpet creeper , andprincess tree . They typically have brightly colored tubular (trumpet-shaped) flowers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one species: cross vine
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Examples
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LANCEOLATUM was a shrub about three feet high, with yellow flowers; and here we met in abundance with the beautiful TECOMA OXLEYI, a kind of Bignonia, loaded with yellowishwhite flowers.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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TECOMA OXLEYI, a kind of Bignonia, loaded with yellowishwhite flowers.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Thomas Mitchell 1823
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Not known as a native when purchased, the crossvine, Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’ is filling in across the top of the large arbor.
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Or you could consider lattice and a vine, such as cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata) instead.
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Shown above is crossvine, Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’.
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On the new arbor minus the climbing rose Killer, the crossvine, Bignonia ‘Tangerine Beauty’ is happily winding its way across the top.
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The crossvine, Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’ is stretching across the arbor nicely.
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‘Alberic Barbier’ is the crossvine Bignonia ‘Tangerine Beauty’.
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This happens occasionally in _Berberis; _ a similar thing occurs in the stipules of some _Leguminosæ_; the scales of some begonias; the tendrils of _Bignonia_, _Cobæa_, &c.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Darwin, speaking of the tendrils of _Bignonia capreolata_, says it is a highly remarkable fact that a leaf should be metamorphosed into a branched organ, which turns from the light, and which can, by its extremities, either crawl like a root into crevices, or seize hold of minute projecting points, these extremities subsequently forming cellular masses, which envelope by their growth the first fibres and secrete an adhesive cement.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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