trumpet-creeper

trumpet creeper

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.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism

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trumpet creeper

noun
a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers 
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