"bougainvillea" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbuː.ɡənˈvɪl.ɪ.ə/ [UK], /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/ [US], /ˌboʊ.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/ [US] Audio: en-us-bougainvillea.ogg [US], en-au-bougainvillea.ogg [Australia] Forms: bougainvilleas [plural]
Etymology: Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811). Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|admiral and explorer||||}} admiral and explorer, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Louis Antoine de Bougainville}} Louis Antoine de Bougainville, {{catlangname|en|eponyms|sort=}}, {{named-after|en|Louis Antoine de Bougainville|born=1729|died=1811|nat=French|occ=admiral and explorer|wplink==}} Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bougainvillea (plural bougainvilleas)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: bougainvillea Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Four o'clock family plants Synonyms: bougainvillaea, bougainvillia Translations (flower): buguenvíl·lia [feminine] (Catalan), bougainvillea (Dutch), bugenvilo (Esperanto), ihmeköynnös (Finnish), bougainvillea (Finnish), bougainvillée [feminine] (French), bougainvillier [masculine] (French), Bougainvillea [feminine] (German), μπουκαμβίλια (boukamvília) [feminine] (Greek), buganvillea [feminine] (Italian), ブーゲンビリア (būgenbiria) (Japanese), bugenvilija (Lithuanian), bunga kertas (Malay), bougainvillea (Norwegian), trillingblomst (Norwegian), bugenwilla [feminine] (Polish), bougainvillea [feminine] (Portuguese), buganvília [feminine] (Portuguese), bougainvillea [feminine] (Romanian), бугенвиллия (bugenvillija) [feminine] (Russian), buganvilia [Mexico, feminine] (Spanish), buganvilla [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), comomosí [Bolivia, masculine] (Spanish), papelillo [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), Santa Rita [Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, feminine] (Spanish), trinitaria [Colombia, Dominican-Republic, Puerto-Rico, Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), veranera [Colombia, Costa-Rica, Ecuador, Panama, feminine] (Spanish), trillingblomssläktet (Swedish), bogambilya (Tagalog), కాగితంపువ్వు (kāgitampuvvu) (Telugu), เฟื่องฟ้า (fʉ̂ʉang-fáa) (Thai), begonvil (Turkish), бугенвілія (buhenvilija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hoa giấy (Vietnamese)
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      "word": "buganvilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flower",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buganvilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flower",
      "tags": [
        "Bolivia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comomosí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flower",
      "tags": [
        "Peru",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "papelillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flower",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Paraguay",
        "Uruguay",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Santa Rita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flower",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "Dominican-Republic",
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "Venezuela",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trinitaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flower",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "Costa-Rica",
        "Ecuador",
        "Panama",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veranera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "flower",
      "word": "trillingblomssläktet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "flower",
      "word": "bogambilya"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kāgitampuvvu",
      "sense": "flower",
      "word": "కాగితంపువ్వు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "fʉ̂ʉang-fáa",
      "sense": "flower",
      "word": "เฟื่องฟ้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "flower",
      "word": "begonvil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "buhenvilija",
      "sense": "flower",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бугенвілія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "flower",
      "word": "hoa giấy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bougainvillea"
}

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