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Webster 1913 Edition
Bougainvillaea
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Bouˊgain-vil-læˊa
,p
rop.
Noun.
[Named from
Bougainville
, the French navigator.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the order
Nyctoginaceæ
, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts. Definition 2024
bougainvillaea
bougainvillaea
English
Noun
bougainvillaea (plural bougainvillaeas)
- Alternative spelling of bougainvillea
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989