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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.

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"Bougainvillea" Quotes from Famous Books

... covered great stretches of ground, and dropped their fantastic roots into the steaming earth like living stalactites. The fan-shaped, water-hoarding traveller's palm formed a background for the brilliant magenta-colored bougainvillea. The dim, translucent depths of an orchid-house lured us on, or a great pond covered with the sacred lotus, blue lilies, and the flush-colored cups of the superb Victoria regia commanded our admiration. Palms, flowering shrubs, ferns, and creepers rioted on all sides. Monkeys ...

— Tales of the Malayan Coast - From Penang to the Philippines • Rounsevelle Wildman

Words linked to "Bougainvillea" : vine, genus Bougainvillea, paper flower, Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillaea