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BOUGAINVILLEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bougainvillea" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bougainvillea"):
Bougainvillea glabra; paper flower (Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously)
Holonyms ("bougainvillea" is a member of...):
Bougainvillaea; genus Bougainvillaea; genus Bougainvillea (ornamental tropical woody vines)
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