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TRUMPETS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids

Synonyms:

huntsman's horn; huntsman's horns; Sarracenia flava; trumpets; yellow pitcher plant; yellow trumpet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("trumpets" is a kind of...):

pitcher plant (any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales)

Holonyms ("trumpets" is a member of...):

genus Sarracenia; Sarracenia (pitcher plants)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb trumpet

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 Context examples: 

Hence the applause was by no means general when the herald-at-arms proclaimed, after a flourish of trumpets, the names and styles of the knights who were prepared, for the honor of their country and for the love of their ladies, to hold the field against all who might do them the favor to run a course with them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Another five minutes of wild galloping over the plain, and they were all back in their gorge, while their pursuers fell back before the rolling of drums and blare of trumpets, which seemed to proclaim that the whole army of the prince was about to emerge from the mountain passes.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)