-nēˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Bignonia, type genus + -aceae
: a family of trees, shrubs, woody vines, or occasionally herbs (order Polemoniales) growing widely in the tropics, a few in temperate regions, and having opposite or occasionally alternate leaves and irregular showy flowers with 2 or 4 stamens
• big·no·ni·a·ceous ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|āshəs adjective