Bignonia

/bɪɡˈnoʊniə/ noun

Definition

A genus of tropical flowering plants known for their large, showy trumpet-shaped flowers, commonly called trumpet vines.

Etymology

Named by Linnaeus in honor of Jean-Paul Bignon, an 18th-century French botanist and librarian; the scientific Latin name preserves his memory in botanical nomenclature.

Kelly Says

Bignonias are engineering marvels in the plant world—their trumpet flowers are perfectly shaped to fit specific bee and hummingbird pollinators, and they actually 'know' the exact time of day their pollinators arrive to feed.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ቢግኖኒያ
bi-g-no-ni-ya
ARالعربية
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-ya
BNবাংলা
বিগনোনিয়া
bi-go-no-ni-ya
CACatalà
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-a
CSČeština
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
DADansk
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
DEDeutsch
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
ELΕλληνικά
μπιγνονία
mpih-no-nee-ah
ESEspañol
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
FAفارسی
بیگنونیا
bi-g-no-ni-ya
FISuomi
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
FRFrançais
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
GUGU
બિગનોનિયા
bi-go-no-ni-ya
HAHA
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-ya
HEעברית
בּיגנוֹניה
bi-g-no-ni-ya
HIहिन्दी
बिगोनिया
bi-go-ni-ya
HUMagyar
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-a
IGIG
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-ya
ITItaliano
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
JA日本語
ビグノニア
bi-gu-no-ni-a
KKKK
бигнонiя
bi-g-no-ni-ya
KMKM
ប៊ីហ្គណូនីយ៉ា
bi-g-no-no-ni-ya
KO한국어
비그노니아
bi-geu-no-ni-a
MRMR
बिज्नानिया
bi-j-na-ni-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-a
MYမြန်မာ
ဘီဂနောနီးယား
bi-ga-no-nee-ya
NLNederlands
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
NONorsk
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
PAPA
ਬਿਗਨੋਨੀਆ
bi-g-no-ni-ya
PLPolski
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
PTPortuguês
bignônia
bi-g-no-nee-ah
RORomână
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
RUРусский
бигнония
bi-gno-ni-ya
SVSvenska
bignonia
bi-gno-nee-ah
SWKiswahili
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-a
TAதமிழ்
பிட்னோனியா
pi-t-no-ni-ya
TEతెలుగు
బిగ్నోనియా
bi-g-no-ni-ya
THไทย
บิ๊กโนเนีย
bi-k-no-ne-ya
TLTL
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-a
TRTürkçe
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-ya
UKУкраїнська
бігнонія
bi-gno-ni-ya
URاردو
بیگنیا
bi-g-ni-ya
VITiếng Việt
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-a
YOYO
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-ya
ZH中文
bignonia
bi-ge-no-ni-ya
ZUZU
bignonia
bi-gno-ni-ya

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