BOUGAINVILLEA

Meaning of BOUGAINVILLEA in English

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 bracts

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BOUGAINVILLEA — Any plant of the genus Bougainvillea , comprising about 14 species of shrubs, vines, or small trees (family Nyctaginaceae) native …
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BOUGAINVILLEA — I. Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Bougainvillaea synonym of bougainvillaea II. noun ( -s ) : a vine of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOUGAINVILLEA — /booh'geuhn vil"ee euh, -vil"yeuh, boh'-/ , n. any of several shrubs or vines of the genus Bougainvillea, native to South …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOUGAINVILLEA — n. tropical plant
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BOUGAINVILLEA — also bou·gain·vil·laea ˌbü-gən-ˈvil-yə, ˌbō-, ˌbu̇-, -ˈvē-ə Etymology: New Latin, from Louis Antoine de Bougainville Date: 1849 : any of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOUGAINVILLEA — [ ˌbu:g(ə)n'vɪlɪə ] (also bougainvillaea ) ■ noun an ornamental shrubby climbing plant widely cultivated in the tropics, with brightly …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOUGAINVILLEA — [bou.gain.vil.lea] also bou.gain.vil.laea n [NL, fr. Louis Antoine de Bougainville] (1881): any of a genus (Bougainvillaea) of the four-o'clock family …
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BOUGAINVILLEA — Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea) genus of about 14 species of shrubs, vines, or small trees, in the four-o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae), native to …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOUGAINVILLEA — (also bou·gain·vil·laea ) / ˌbuːgənˈvɪliə; NAmE / noun a tropical climbing plant with red, purple, white or pink flowers •• …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOUGAINVILLEA — bou ‧ gain ‧ vil ‧ le ‧ a /ˌbuːɡənˈvɪliə/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOUGAINVILLEA — ( bougainvilleas) Note: in BRIT, also use 'bougainvillaea' Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOUGAINVILLEA — (~s) Note: in BRIT, also use 'bougainvillaea' Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and …
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BOUGAINVILLEA — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ From the rooftop terrace the Mellors gazed across lilac and bougainvillea bushes to the sea. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOUGAINVILLEA — [noun] [C or U] - a climbing plant, common in hot countries, that has red and purple flowers
Cambridge English vocab
BOUGAINVILLEA — n. Any plant of the genus Bougainvillea , comprising about 14 species of shrubs, vines, or small trees (family Nyctaginaceae) …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BOUGAINVILLEA — Бугенвилия
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BOUGAINVILLEA — n. Variant: also bou · gain · vil · laea Pronunciation: ˌ bü-g ə n- ' vil-y ə , ˌ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BOUGAINVILLAEA — noun see: bougainvillea
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BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS-ANTOINE DE — born Nov. 11, 1729, Paris, France died Aug. 3, 1811, Paris French navigator. In 1764 he established a colony for …
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PAPERFLOWER — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : strawflower 2. : bougainvillea 3. : a rounded shrub ( Psilostrophe cooperi ) of the family …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOUGAINVILLIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Louis Antoine de Bougainville + New Latin -ia 1. capitalized : a widely distributed genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOUGAINVILLAEA — ˌbügənˈvilyə, ˌbōg-, -vē(y)ə, -vēlyə, -vilēə, -viləyə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Louis Antoine de Bougainville died 1811 French navigator 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR-O'CLOCK FAMILY — the plant family Nyctaginaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having colored, petallike bracts beneath petalless flowers and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOUGAINVILLAEA — see bougainvillea
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CASCADE — ■ noun 1》 a small waterfall, especially one in a series. 2》 a mass of something that falls, hangs, or …
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VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK — conservation area covering nearly two-thirds of the island of St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies. The park …
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NYCTAGINACEAE — the four-o'clock family of flowering plants, in the pink order (Caryophyllales), containing about 30 genera with 300 species of herbs, …
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NASSAU — county, southeastern New York state, U.S., on central Long Island just east of the borough (and county) of Queens, New …
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MIRAFLORES — city and district of the LimaCallao metropolitan area of Peru, south of central Lima on the Pacific coast. The city …
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CARYOPHYLLALES — pink order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Caryophyllidae. also called Centrospermae, the pink order of flowering …
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