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2 words match “TRUMPET-SHAPED”

TRUMPET-SHAPED a.
Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.
TRUMPET n.
cule (Zoöl.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See Stentor. -- Trumpet ash (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] -- Trumpet conch (Zoöl.), a trumpet shell, or triton. -- Trumpet creeper (Bot.), an American climbing plant (Tecoma radicans) bearing clusters of la…