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Definition of Genus bignonia
1. Noun. One species: cross vine.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Bignoniaceae, Family Bignoniaceae
Member holonyms: Bignonia Capreolata, Cross Vine, Quarter-vine, Quartervine, Trumpet Flower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bignonia
Literary usage of Genus bignonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture (1846)
"ON THE genus bignonia. WITH AN ENGRAVING OF B. PICTA. ... Extensive as is the
genus Bignonia even now, it. was considerably larger a few years since, when, ..."
2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1854)
"... and they agree also with the genus Bignonia in the form of their embryo :
Crescentia and Kigelia, however, present characters wholly at variance with ..."
3. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1876)
"But the genus Bignonia shows us what diversity of action there may be between
the tendrils of closely allied species. In all the nine species observed by me ..."
4. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"In addition to these there are to be found in cultivation several plants of the
genus Bignonia, especially B. venusta, Ker, the well-known orange-flowered ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"... the near allies of the genus Bignonia, are all suitable for conservatory
decoration. Indeed T. radi- cans and T. grandiflora are quite hardy, ..."
6. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1915)
"... climbing shrubby plants of North and South America of the genus Bignonia.
I have hybridized some species of bignonia with several of the Tecoma, ..."
7. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1863)
"... and have furnished the material for our plate, the only one as yet published
of the genus. Bignonia glutinosa, De Cand., referred as a second species to ..."
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