ALL meanings of bougainvillea
bou·gain·vil·le·a
B b - variable noun bougainvillea Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries. 3
- noun bougainvillea any tropical woody nyctaginaceous widely cultivated climbing plant of the genus Bougainvillea, having inconspicuous flowers surrounded by showy red or purple bracts 3
- noun bougainvillea any of a genus (Bougainvillea) of woody tropical vines of the four-o'clock family, having inconspicuous flowers surrounded by large, showy purple or red bracts 3
- noun bougainvillea flowering shrub 1
- noun bougainvillea any of several shrubs or vines of the genus Bougainvillea, native to South America, having small flowers with showy, variously colored bracts, and often cultivated in warm regions. 1
- noun bougainvillea 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. 0