bougainvillaea

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A form of bougainvillea — 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.

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Meanings

nounbougainvillaea (countable and uncountable, plural bougainvillaeas)

plural bougainvillaeas

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of bougainvillea.

    The Pole sat on the low white wall, scarlet-sweatered against garish bougainvillaea.

    1970, June Kay, “Timber”, in The Thirteenth Moon, London: Hutchinson & Co, →ISBN, page 52
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bougainvillaea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bougainvillaea

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Chicago

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