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big·no·ni·a

(bĭg-nō′nē-ə)

An evergreen woody vine (Bignonia capreolata) native to the southeast United States, having showy reddish orange trumpet-shaped flowers and stems that show a cross shape when cut in cross-section. Also called cross vine.

[New Latin Bignonia, genus name, after Jean Paul Bignon (1662-1743), French royal librarian.]

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bignonia

(bɪɡˈnəʊnɪə)

(Plants) any tropical American bignoniaceous climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia (or Doxantha), cultivated for their trumpet-shaped yellow or reddish flowers. See also cross vine

[C19: from New Latin, named after the Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon (1662–1743)]

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big•no•ni•a

(bɪgˈnoʊ ni ə)

n., pl. -ni•as.

any chiefly tropical American climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia, cultivated for its showy, trumpet-shaped flowers.

[1690–1700; < New Latin, after AbbéBignon]

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Bignonia - one species: cross vine

genus Bignonia

asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

Bignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae - trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales

Bignonia capreolata, cross vine, quartervine, quarter-vine, trumpet flower - woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section

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