Bignonia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bignonia \Big*no"ni*a\, prop. n. [Named from the Abb['e]
     Bignon.]
     1. (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 as {Campsis radicans}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. any member of the family {Bignoniaceae}, including the
        {bignonia[1]}, {catalpa}, {trumpet creeper}, and {princess
        tree}. They typically have brightly colored tubular
        (trumpet-shaped) flowers.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Bignonia
       n : 1 species: cross vine [syn: {genus Bignonia}]