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bougainvillaea
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bougainvillaea has 1 sense
- bougainvillaea(n = noun.plant) genus bougainvillaea, genus bougainvillea - ornamental tropical woody vines; Array is a kind of caryophylloid dicot genus
is a member of allioniaceae, family allioniaceae, family nyctaginaceae, four-o'clock family, nyctaginaceae
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bougainvillaea, n. any tropical widely cultivated plant of the genus Bougainvillaea, with large coloured bracts (usu. purple, red, or white) almost concealing the inconspicuous flowers.
Etymology
L. A. de Bougainville, Fr. navigator d. 1811
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