bougainvillea (bougainvillaea)

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• bougainvillea — noun any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Hyponyms: ↑paper flower, ↑Bougainvillea glabra • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary

• bougainvillaea — see BOUGAINVILLEA (Cf. bougainvillea) …   Etymology dictionary

• bougainvillea — or bougainvillaea [bo͞o΄gən vil′ē ə, bo͞o΄gənvil′yə, bo͞o΄gənvē′yə] n. [ModL, after BOUGAINVILLE1 Louis Antoine de] any of a genus (Bougainvillea) of woody tropical vines of the four o clock family, having inconspicuous flowers surrounded by… …   English World dictionary

• bougainvillea — (also bougainvillaea) ► NOUN ▪ an ornamental climbing plant widely cultivated in the tropics, with brightly coloured papery bracts surrounding the flowers. ORIGIN named after the French explorer L. A. de Bougainville (1729 1811) …   English terms dictionary

• bougainvillea — also bougainvillaea noun Etymology: New Latin, from Louis Antoine de Bougainville Date: 1849 any of a genus (Bougainvillaea) of the four o clock family of ornamental tropical American woody vines and shrubs with brilliant purple or red floral… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bougainvillea — [[t]bu͟ːgənvɪ̱liə[/t]] bougainvilleas N VAR Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries. (in BRIT, also use bougainvillaea) …   English dictionary

• bougainvillea — [ˌbu:g(ə)n vɪlɪə] (also bougainvillaea) noun an ornamental shrubby climbing plant widely cultivated in the tropics, with brightly coloured papery bracts surrounding the flowers. [Genus Bougainvillea.] Origin named after the French explorer L. A.… …   English new terms dictionary

• bougainvillaea — noun see bougainvillea …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bougainvillaea — bou·gain·vil·lae·a (bo͞o gən vĭlʹē ə, vĭlʹyə, vēʹə, bō ) n. Variant of bougainvillea. * * * …   Universalium

• genus Bougainvillaea — noun ornamental tropical woody vines • Syn: ↑genus Bougainvillea, ↑Bougainvillaea • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• genus Bougainvillea — noun ornamental tropical woody vines • Syn: ↑Bougainvillaea, ↑genus Bougainvillaea • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary