Meanings
nountrumpet tree (plural trumpet trees)
plural trumpet trees
- Any of several trees with trumpet-shaped flowers:
- Cecropia obtusifolia
- Cecropia peltata
- Dolichandrone spathacea (mangrove trumpet tree)
- Any tree of genus Handroanthus
- Tabebuia aurea (Caribbean trumpet tree or silver trumpet tree), native to the South American mainland
- Tabebuia heterophylla (pink trumpet tree), native to Caribbean islands
- Tabebuia rosea (rosy trumpet tree)
Synonyms & antonyms
nountropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Similar
Broader
angiospermous treeflowering tree
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
trumpet tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trumpet%20tree
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“trumpet tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trumpet%20tree. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trumpet tree,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trumpet%20tree.
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