trumpet vine
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈtrʌmpɪt vaɪn/
- US
:
enredadera trompeta
- I don't know, but wouldn't you agree, Luce, that beneath a trumpet vine is a natural place for a boy to arrange his soldiers?
- trumpet vine (Campsis radicans)
Examples
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A trumpet vine laden with vivid orange blooms grew exuberantly up the side and over the roof.
Fiction book (1995) -
In one corner, a trumpet vine strangled a mimosa; in another, a fig tree bent under a climbing rose.
Fiction book (1991) -
Someone's boy had got through and was in a world unto himself under the trumpet vine.
Fiction book (2000) -
By the front gate, roses have gone out of bloom but are doing nicely, and on the fence, trumpet vine.
Fiction book (1999) -
She went along the fence, which was covered with the orange blossoms of a trumpet vine.
Fiction book (1993) -
About that time, the bird moved over to the angel trumpet vine, contrasting its bright red feathers with the golden blooms of the flower.
Blog text (8) -
Wisteria draped the crumbling chimney; trumpet vine and jasmine climbed above the door and under the clapboards.
Fiction book (1991) -
The vibrant orange flowers of the trumpet vine attracted many butterflies to the garden.
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In summer, the trumpet vine blooms profusely, creating a beautiful display of color on the trellis.
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They decided to plant a trumpet vine along the fence to add some charm to their backyard.
Synonyms
A woody climbing vine from North America with many small leaflets and large red trumpet flowers grown in gardens
A climbing plant with large red flowers shaped like a trumpet often grown in gardens
Surface Forms
Morphology
trumpet + vine
The compound is directly compositional: 'vine' denotes a climbing plant and 'trumpet' evokes the trumpet-shaped flowers, so a learner who knows both words can infer a climbing plant with trumpet-like blossoms. The use of a common shape metaphor ('trumpet-shaped') is cross-linguistically frequent, making the referent readily predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Trumpet vine comes from the plant's large, trumpet-shaped trumpet flowers and its long, climbing vine stems. Because the bright flowers look like small trumpets and the stems climb over walls and fences, the name now means this climbing 'garden plant'.