资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bignonia \Big*no"ni*a\, n. [Named from the Abb['e] Bignon.]
   (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.