bougainvillaea

English

Noun

bougainvillaea (countable and uncountable, plural bougainvillaeas)

1. Alternative spelling of bougainvillea
   • 1970, June Kay, “Timber”, in The Thirteenth Moon, London: Hutchinson & Co, →ISBN, page 52:

     The Pole sat on the low white wall, scarlet-sweatered against garish bougainvillaea.

References

• “Bougainvillaea, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.