bignonia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one species: cross vine
    genus Bignonia.

WordNet

Big*no"ni*a noun
Etymology
Named from the Abbé Bignon.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

Webster 1913