trumpet vine

1. 1.

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

   Synonymstrumpet creeperCampsis radicans

   BroaderBignoniaceae
2. 2.

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

   Synonymstrumpet honeysucklecoral honeysuckletrumpet flowerLonicera sempervirens

   Broaderhoneysuckle

   Part ofLonicera

Questions about trumpet vine

What does trumpet vine mean?

trumpet vine means "a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for trumpet vine?

Close synonyms include trumpet creeper, Campsis radicans, trumpet honeysuckle, coral honeysuckle, trumpet flower. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trumpet vine a common word?

trumpet vine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.