单词 | trumpet creeper |
释义 | > as lemmastrumpet creeper trumpet creeper n. a climbing shrub of the genus Tecoma (N.O. Bignoniaceæ), esp. the common trumpet-flower, T. radicans (formerly Bignonia radicans), of the southern U.S., with scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > tecomas trumpet-vine1717 trumpet creeper1818 Tecoma1846 pony1864 devil's shoestring1900 1818 W. P. C. Barton Compendium Floræ Philadelphicæ II. 43 Trumpet Creeper... Flowers red and orange. 1834 Western Monthly Mag. (Cincinnati) 3 574 The sides ornamented with beautiful bunches of the trumpet-creeper. 1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (1866) 34 By these rootlets..the Trumpet Creeper, the Ivy [etc.] fasten themselves firmly to walls. 1895 Outing 27 220/1 Trumpet creepers, yellow as gold, and starry blue passion flowers. < as lemmas |
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