bougainvillea
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bougainvillea
1789; < New Latin, named after L. A. de Bougainville
Vocabulary lists containing bougainvillea
Example Sentences
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Its entrance is sealed with a crude brick-and-mud wall, and an overgrown bougainvillea, bright with pink blooms, spills over the front boundary.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
These days, I notice fuchsia bursts of bougainvillea instead of my mushy backside.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
What’s more, they’re often framed by colorful bougainvillea, fragrant jasmine and photogenic palm trees.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024
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
As the buds on the trees turn to flowers, she raises her black eyebrows in surprise above her wide blue eyes and declares: bougainvillea, hibiscus, why, tree of heaven!
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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