bougainvillea
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- noun
- /ˌbuːɡənˈvɪliə/
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bugambilia
- The bougainvillea no longer clung to the wall as it had twenty years before.
- purple bougainvillea
- pink bougainvillea
- bougainvillea flowers
Examples
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The hotel where the colonel stayed each August was a venerable two-story colonial of white stucco with a red tile roof, shaded by bougainvilleas and palms.
Fiction book (2002) -
The place was lined with clay pots filled with geranium and bougainvillea flowers.
Fiction book (1996) -
The For Sale sign went back up on the lawn, just in front of the bougainvillea.
Fiction book (1995) -
Sam, I love the bougainvillea arches.
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The bougainvillea are lush in the courtyard of the small hotel where she is staying.
Fiction book (2001) -
The bougainvillea hanging over the garden walls on her street seemed tired, their pastel blossoms shriveled.
Fiction book (1995) -
Purple jacaranda trees competed with pink oleander and blood-red bougainvillea.
Fiction book (1991) -
The night before my mother's arrival, he lifted the garden hose to the bougainvillea and aimed the trickle of water at all the blossoms in reach so the color and smells would be fresh in the morning.
Fiction book (1995) -
The entrance is clouded with purple bougainvillea spilling down from the roof.
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We pedaled along quiet, narrow lanes between pastel-painted houses where backyards bloomed with bougainvillea.
Synonyms
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A climbing plant with hard stems and bright thin parts that look like paper and decorate gardens
A tropical climbing plant with bright, papery flowers often grown in gardens
A woody climbing plant with bright paper-like flowers that blooms most of the year
Compounds
- Specialized
A woody climbing plant with bright paper-like flowers that blooms most of the year
How Showy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bougainvillea is named after the French explorer Bougainville, who found the plant during a trip to South America long ago. So bougainvillea today means the colorful tropical vine or shrub people grow for its showy, flower-like leaves.