bougainvillaea

Variant of bougainvillea

bougainvillea definition

bou·gain·vil·lea or bougainvillaea bou′·gain·vil′·laea (bo̵̅o̅′gən vil′ē ə, -vil′yə, -vē′yə)

noun

any of a genus (Bougainvillea) of woody tropical vines of the four-o'clock family, having inconspicuous flowers surrounded by large, showy purple or red bracts

Etymology: ModL, after Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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