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bougainvillea (iou)



bougainvillea noun. Also bougainvillaea, bougainvillia. M19.
[mod. Latin, from L. A. de Bougainville (1729-1811), French navigator: see -A1, -IA1.]
A tropical S. American plant of the genus Bougainvillea, with large brightly coloured bracts almost concealing the flowers.