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Bignonia Chica Chica Chi"ca, n. [Sp.]
A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica,
used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the
skin.
2. A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a
decoction of maize.
3. A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said
to be the original of the fandango, etc.
Bignonia leucoxylon Whitewood White"wood`, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage
building, etc.
Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.
Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.
Bignoniaceous Bignoniaceous Big*no`ni*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of
which the trumpet flower is an example.
Catalpa bignonioides Catalpa Ca*tal"pa, n. [From the language of the Indians of
Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year
1726.] (Bot.)
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best
know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large,
ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers
and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the
Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.
