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单词 trumpet flower
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trumpet flower


noun

any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
trumpet creeper.
trumpet honeysuckle.
the flower of any of these plants.

Origin of trumpet flower

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30

Words nearby trumpet flower

trumpet, trumpet creeper, trumpeter, trumpeter swan, trumpetfish, trumpet flower, trumpet honeysuckle, trumpet-leaf, trumpet leg, trumpet marine, trumpetry
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Example sentences from the Web for trumpet flower

  • There are clumps of scrubby oak completely covered with scarlet honeysuckle and trumpet-flower.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880|Various
  • A low portico, overgrown with woodbine and trumpet-flower, ran along the front.

    The Story Of Kennett|Bayard Taylor
  • Cornucopias of the trumpet-flower flared vividly, and here and there he caught a glimpse of a chinked log-cabin.

    The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck

British Dictionary definitions for trumpet flower

trumpet flower

noun

any of various plants having trumpet-shaped flowers
the flower of any of these plants
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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