bougainvillea
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bougainvillea
1789; < New Latin, named after L. A. de Bougainville
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My parents used to dress us up in our traditional clothes and take photos of us in front of the bougainvillea or the jacaranda tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
These days, I notice fuchsia bursts of bougainvillea instead of my mushy backside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
In a neighbourhood close to the scene of the attack - where plush villas and foreign embassies sit behind high walls, topped with bougainvillea - the streets lay empty.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
The centerpiece of Anderson’s collection was a bold and surreal high-waisted silhouette, with pants in hues of camel, grey, brown, and black occasionally touched by vivid splashes of red, bougainvillea, and tangerine.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
I look out the front window, past the dripping pink bougainvillea bush to the street, wishing Matilde would appear now and snip every last tie I have with these people.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
When Rower mentioned from across the table that his grandparents adored bougainvilleas, he seemed to be floating the idea to see Oudolf’s reaction about whether they would work in Calder Gardens.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
She cares for every herb and weed in the gardens she tends but she has a special place in her heart for the vibrant fuchsia blooms of bougainvilleas — vining shrubs with hidden sharp thorns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
There’s something invigorating about tackling your to-dos among walls of ferns or billowing bougainvilleas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
He then sat down with other volunteers in a shaded eating area prettied with multicolored bougainvilleas to fret about if their work even had a place in today’s Catholic Church.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
The abundant crepe myrtles and pink bougainvilleas that dotted the courtyard were also as beautiful and lively as I recalled.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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