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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats