BOUGAINVILLEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bougainvillea mean? 

• BOUGAINVILLEA (noun)
  The noun BOUGAINVILLEA has 1 sense:

1. any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions

  Familiarity information: BOUGAINVILLEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOUGAINVILLEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bougainvillea" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bougainvillea"):

Bougainvillea glabra; paper flower (Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously)

Holonyms ("bougainvillea" is a member of...):

Bougainvillaea; genus Bougainvillaea; genus Bougainvillea (ornamental tropical woody vines)