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Noun: trumpet flower  'trúm-pit 'flaw(-u)r
  1. Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
    - chalice vine, cupflower, Solandra guttata
     
  2. Woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
    - cross vine, quartervine, quarter-vine, Bignonia capreolata
     
  3. Evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
    - trumpet honeysuckle, coral honeysuckle, trumpet vine, Lonicera sempervirens

Derived forms: trumpet flowers

Type of: bush, honeysuckle, shrub, vine

Part of: Bignonia, genus Bignonia, genus Lonicera, genus Solandra, Lonicera, Solandra

Encyclopedia: Trumpet flower