Definition of bignonia

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big·no·ni·a    (bg-nn-) KEY 

NOUN:

An evergreen, tendril-bearing woody vine (Bignonia capreolata) native chiefly to the southeast United States and having showy red-orange, trumpet-shaped flowers. Also called cross vine.

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ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin Bignonia, genus name, after Jean Paul Bignon (1662-1743), French royal librarian