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    TRUMPET FLOWER

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    coral honeysuckle; Lonicera sempervirens; trumpet flower; trumpet honeysuckle; trumpet vine

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("trumpet flower" is a kind of...):

    honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

    Holonyms ("trumpet flower" is a member of...):

    genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse sectionplay

    Synonyms:

    Bignonia capreolata; cross vine; quarter-vine; quartervine; trumpet flower

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("trumpet flower" is a kind of...):

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

    Holonyms ("trumpet flower" is a member of...):

    Bignonia; genus Bignonia (one species: cross vine)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throatplay

    Synonyms:

    chalice vine; cupflower; Solandra guttata; trumpet flower

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("trumpet flower" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("trumpet flower" is a member of...):

    genus Solandra; Solandra (shrubby climbers of tropical America)

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