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bougainvillaea

bougainvillaea 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 bougainvillaea

pluralbougainvillaeas

Questions about bougainvillaea

What is bougainvillaea the alternative spelling of?
Bougainvillaea is the alternative spelling of bougainvillea.

Words near bougainvillaea in the dictionary

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

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