trumpet flower

noun

1. any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
2. trumpet creeper.
3. trumpet honeysuckle.
4. the flower of any of these plants.

trumpet flower

noun

1. any of various plants having trumpet-shaped flowers
2. the flower of any of these plants

Word History and Origins

Origin of trumpet flower¹

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30

Example Sentences

We chatted and fed some house flies to a large praying mantis perched on the branch of a trumpet flower shrub.

From Los Angeles Times

On the 2.8-acre expanse of grassy fields and gardens of calla lilies and trumpet flowers, men played chess at picnic tables and shot hoops on a basketball court.

From Los Angeles Times

For example, it took 31,565 Lego bricks to create a humdinger of a hummingbird feeding from a trumpet flower.

From Washington Post

Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.

From Project Gutenberg

The slight declivity upon the brow of which they were standing, had been cleared, and was now planted with tobacco, whose broad green leaves, and delicate trumpet flowers, attracted the attention of numerous gorgeous insects.

From Project Gutenberg