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bougainvillea Definition


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bougainvillaea
bougainvillea
noun
    bougainvillaeas
    1. Any of various climbing S American shrubs with oval leaves and conspicuous flower-heads consisting of three small tubular flowers surrounded by large brightly coloured leaf-like bracts.
Etymology: 19c: named after Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729‐1811), the first Frenchman to sail round the world.



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