bignonia

big·no·ni·a

B0242200 (bĭg-nō′nē-ə)n. 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.]

bignonia

(bɪɡˈnəʊnɪə) n (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)]

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 Bignoniaasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsBignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae - trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order ScrophularialesBignonia capreolata, cross vine, quartervine, quarter-vine, trumpet flower - woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section

bignonia

(bĭgnō`nēə), common name for the family Bignoniaceae, a family of chiefly woody vines of the American tropics and also a few shrubs and trees. The trumpet creeper (of the genus Bignonia) and the trumpet flower, or trumpet vine (of the genus Campsis), both found wild in the SE United States, are sometimes cultivated for their orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers. The calabash tree of the tropics bears large fruits from which carrying gourds (called calabashes) are made and used locally; its wood is used for making pipes. The Catalpa genus of trees with showy flowers is valued in the United States for ornament and shade. The highly durable wood is used for lumber, as is that of the South American genus Jacaranda and of the West Indian boxwood (genus Tabebuia). The bignonias are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Scrophulariales.

catalpa

Tree with large oval leaves up to 10 inches (25cm) long. Clustered whitish flowers with 2 orange stripes and lots of purple spots inside. Cigar-like winged seedpods, used as sedative and tea for asthma and bronchitis. Bark tea used to expel worms, antiseptic, laxative, sedative.

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noun one species: cross vine

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