Associations to the word «Bougainvillea»

Wiktionary

BOUGAINVILLEA, noun. Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
BOUGAINVILLEA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Nyctaginaceae   — the bougainvillea.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky