trumpet flower

noun

Incarvillea spp., native to central and eastern Asia (Chinese trumpet flower)

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chalice vinecupflowerSolandra guttatacross vinequartervinequarter-vineBignonia capreolatatrumpet honeysuckle
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Meanings

nountrumpet flower (plural trumpet flowers)

plural trumpet flowers

  1. Any of several species of flowering plants with trumpet-like flowers
    1. Incarvillea spp., native to central and eastern Asia (Chinese trumpet flower)
    2. Collomia spp.
    3. Datura meteloides, a perennial herb of the southwestern U.S. (desert trumpet flower)
    4. Gelsemium sempervirens, native to North America (evening trumpetflower)
    5. Oroxylum indicum, native to India (Indian trumpetflower)
    6. Beaumontia grandiflora (Nepal trumpet flower, Easter lily vine)
    7. Salpiglossis sinuata, native to Chile (velvet trumpet flower)
    8. Dolichandrone atrovirens, native to India (wavy trumpet flower)
    9. Tecoma stans (yellow bells, yellow trumpet flower, yellow elder)
    10. Stereospermum chelonoides (syn. Bignonia suaveolens); fragrant padritree

Synonyms & antonyms

nounMexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat

Similar
chalice vinecupflowerSolandra guttata
Broader
shrubbush

nounwoody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section

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cross vinequartervinequarter-vineBignonia capreolata
Broader
vine

nounevergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers

Similar
trumpet honeysucklecoral honeysuckletrumpet vineLonicera sempervirens
Broader
honeysuckle
Also see
coral honeysucklecupflowertrumpet honeysuckletrumpet vine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“trumpet flower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trumpet%20flower. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trumpet flower,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trumpet%20flower.

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