bougainvillia

See also: Bougainvillia

English

Noun

bougainvillia (plural bougainvillias)

  1. Alternative form of bougainvillea
    • 1917, Gardeners' Chronicle of America, volumes 21-23, page 278:
      The plumbagos will send out shoots with flowers two feet six inches long; the bougainvillias will send out shoots five feet long, with flowers.
    • 1960, Corona: The Journal of His Majesty's Colonial Service:
      […] bougainvillias, the beauty of the lake, now shimmering gently like a piece of some rich silk, now grey and menacing like an angry monster.

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