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    BOUGAINVILLEA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Classified under:

    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)

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