Noun: trumpet flower 'trúm-pit 'flaw(-u)r
- Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
"The trumpet flower's enormous blooms covered the pergola";
- chalice vine, cupflower, Solandra guttata
- Woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
"The trumpet flower climbed up the old oak tree";
- cross vine, quartervine, quarter-vine, Bignonia capreolata
- Evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
"Hummingbirds were attracted to the trumpet flower's bright 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