trumpet creeper

American

noun

any climbing plant belonging to the genus Campsis, of the bignonia family, especially C. radicans, of the southern U.S., having elliptic leaves and large, red, trumpet-shaped flowers.

Etymology

Origin of trumpet creeper

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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trumpet creeper

Illustration B shows a hummingbird drinking nectar from a long tube-like trumpet creeper flower.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Akebia, dutchman's pipe, trumpet creeper, clematis, honeysuckles, may be suggested.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

And I pinted up at a gigantick trumpet creeper and convolvuli, festooned along the boughs of a giant geranium and hanging down its banner of bloom.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta

The trumpet creeper and English ivy climb by means of air roots.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon

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