Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bignonia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bignonia \Big*no"ni*a\, n. [Named from the Abb['e] Bignon.]
(Bot.)
A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs,
having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers.
{B. capreolata} is the cross vine of the Southern United
States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of
this genus.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Bignonia
n : 1 species: cross vine [syn: {Bignonia}, {genus Bignonia}]
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