campsis radicans

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campsis radicans - 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]

campsis radicans - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Campsis radicans
      n 1: a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large
           red trumpet-shaped flowers [syn: trumpet creeper,
           trumpet vine, Campsis radicans]