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bougainvillea

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bou·gain·vil·le·a also bou·gain·vil·lae·a  (bgn-vl-, -vly, -v, b-)
n.
Any of several South American woody shrubs or vines of the genus Bougainvillea having groups of three petallike, showy, variously colored bracts attached to the flowers.
[New Latin Bougainvillea, genus name, after Louis Antoine de Bougainville.]
bougainvillea
Noun
a tropical climbing plant with flowers surrounded by showy red or purple bracts [after L. A. de Bougainville, navigator]
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Noun1.bougainvilleabougainvillea - any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions
Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillea - ornamental tropical woody vines
Bougainvillea glabra, paper flower - Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface


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