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a tropical American shrub or woody vine of the genus Allamanda, grown for its large funnel-shaped flowers
A yellow allamanda climbed over the garden wall and flowered throughout the summer.
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golden trumpetApocynaceaetropical vine
Etymology
From New Latin Allamanda, the genus name honoring the Swiss-Dutch naturalist Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand. The genus was named in the eighteenth century.