Bignonia, genus Bignonia
(noun) one species: cross vine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
bignonia (plural bignonias)
Any member of the genus Bignonia of flowering plants in the catalpa family.
Source: Wiktionary
Big*no"ni*a, n. Etym: [Named from the Abbé Bignon.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 February 2025
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
