bougainvillia

See also: Bougainvillia

English

Noun

bougainvillia (plural bougainvillias)

1. Alternative form of bougainvillea
   • 1917, Gardeners' Chronicle of America, volumes 21-23, page 278:

     The plumbagos will send out shoots with flowers two feet six inches long; the bougainvillias will send out shoots five feet long, with flowers.

   • 1960, Corona: The Journal of His Majesty's Colonial Service:

     […] bougainvillias, the beauty of the lake, now shimmering gently like a piece of some rich silk, now grey and menacing like an angry monster.

References

• Merriam-Webster