bignoniaceae

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order ScrophularialesSynonyms: family BignoniaceaeType of asterid dicot familyKinds trumpet creeper, trumpet vineMember of Polemoniales, order PolemonialesMembers genus Catalpa, Crescentia, Bignonia, bignoniad, Chilopsis
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a state or condition markedly different from the norm

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Bignoniaceae noun

a natural family comprising the trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having gourdlike or capsular fruit; the are sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales. Syn. — family Bignoniaceae.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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