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bougainvilia

bougainvilia is the alternative spelling of bougainvillea.

Meaning of bougainvillea

Noun

bougainvillea (countable and uncountable, plural bougainvilleas)

  1. 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.
    • He arrives bearing flowers as though he's come to court me. Tonight he brings me bougainvillea. It is always a surprise.1991, Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!, New York: Soho Press Inc., →ISBN, page 87 of 83-88

Forms of bougainvilia

pluralbougainvilias

Questions about bougainvilia

What is bougainvilia the alternative spelling of?
Bougainvilia is the alternative spelling of bougainvillea.

Words near bougainvilia in the dictionary

  1. bouffing
  2. bouffon
  3. bouffons
  4. bouffy
  5. bouffée délirante
  6. bougainvilia
  7. bougainvilias
  8. bougainvillaea
  9. bougainvillaeas
  10. Bougainville
  11. Bougainville crow

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