trumpet creeper

American  

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of trumpet creeper

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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

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

At last, when I almost had given up the chase, one went nearly from sight in a trumpet creeper.

From Moths of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene

Everywhere about is the trumpet creeper, but not yet in bloom.

From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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