Etymology

bougainvillea

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Today it means: Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers. Full definition →

taxonomic name Bougainvillea ← French Bougainville
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  1. French · derived fromBougainville
  2. taxonomic name · borrowed fromBougainvillea
  3. English todaybougainvillea

From taxonomic name Bougainvillea, from French Bougainville + -a. Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).

Words from the same roots

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