1.
[syn: cross vine, trumpet flower, quartervine, quarter-vine, Bignonia capreolata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Bignonia capreolata
n 1: woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show
a cross in transverse section [syn: cross vine, trumpet
flower, quartervine, quarter-vine, Bignonia
capreolata]