trumpet creeper

noun

any climbing plant belonging to the genus Campsis, of the bignonia family, especially C. radicans, of the southern U.S., having elliptic leaves and large, red, trumpet-shaped flowers.

Origin of trumpet creeper

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Words nearby trumpet creeper

trump up, trumped-up, trumpeldor, trumpery, trumpet, trumpet creeper, trumpet flower, trumpet honeysuckle, trumpet leg, trumpet marine, trumpet vine

Example sentences from the Web for trumpet creeper

  • These rootlets are very strong, as you will find if you try to pull, as I did once, a trumpet-creeper out of a grape-vine.

    Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 |Various

  • Fig. 93 shows the two-lobed stigma of the trumpet-creeper or tecoma before the flower is ready for pollination.

    The Nursery Book |Liberty Hyde Bailey

  • The coral-honeysuckle and a species of trumpet-creeper also grow here, and, in a little time, will be in full flower.

    Palmetto-Leaves |Harriet Beecher Stowe