BOUGAINVILLEA


Meaning of BOUGAINVILLEA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

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 genus ( Bougainvillaea ) of the four-o'clock family of ornamental tropical American woody vines and shrubs with brilliant purple or red floral bracts

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.