Bignonia Definition

bĭg-nōnē-ə
noun
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.
American Heritage
A tropical American evergreen vine (Bignonia capreolata) of the bignonia family that bears tendrils, compound leaves, and trumpet-shaped, yellow or reddish flowers.
Webster's New World

Any member of the genus Bignonia of flowering plants in the catalpa family.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • genus Bignonia
adjective
Designating a family (Bignoniaceae, order Scrophulariales) of dicotyledonous trees, shrubs, and woody vines.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bignonia

Noun

Singular:
bignonia
Plural:
bignonias

Origin of Bignonia

  • New Latin Bignonia genus name after Jean Paul Bignon (1662–1743), French royal librarian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After Jean-Paul Bignon +‎ -ia

    From Wiktionary

  • From the genus name.

    From Wiktionary

Bignonia Sentence Examples

  • The arboreous forms which least require the humid and equable heat of the more truly tropical and equatorial climates, and are best able to resist the high temperatures and excessive drought of the northern Indian hot months from April to June, are certain Leguminosae, Bauhinia, Acacia, Butea and Dalbergia, Bombax, Shorea, Nauclea, Lagerstroemia, and Bignonia, a few bamboos and palms, with others which extend far beyond the tropic, and give a tropical aspect to the forest to the extreme northern border of the Indian plain.

  • Twining lianas are met with in a species of Bignonia; Umbelliferae Ranunculaceae and Cruciferae, are represented by a few fruits.

  • These are made up, as Prince Max zu Neuwied found in southern Bahia in 1817, " of the genera Cocos, Melastoma, Bignonia, Rhexia, Mimosa, Inga, Bombax, Ilex, Laurus, Myrthus, Eugenia, Jacaranda, Jatropha, Visinia, Lecythis, Ficus, and a thousand other, for the most part, unknown species of trees."

  • Catalpa - Handsome flowering trees of the Bignonia order, one of them forming a beautiful tree even in London gardens.

  • The flowers are in erect spikes, and shaped like those of a Bignonia of a delicate mauve purple, blotched inside with a deeper tint.

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