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nountrees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
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Definition that contains bignoniaceae
- crescentia a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches
- genus catalpa a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods
- bignoniaceous of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Bignoniaceae
- genus crescentia a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches
- bignoniad any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae