bougainvillea

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There's also a bougainvillea shading a bench in every village between Monrovia and Yekepa.

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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.

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noun

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.

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noun

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.

Example sentences

There's also a bougainvillea shading a bench in every village between Monrovia and Yekepa.

I can assure you that they are definitely bougainvillea flowers that I folded.

After battling my bougainvillea this afternoon, I’m about to resort to chemical warfare.

But those are not the petals of bougainvillea.

For example, I search "a bougainvillea without pruning" and all the results are "how to prune bougainvillea".

Why is that plant popular, and why isn’t there an “Bougainvillea haters” Facebook group?

If you search "examples of bougainvillea not pruned", you get pruning tips.

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For example, I search "a bougainvillea without pruning" and all the results are "how to prune bougainvillea".

Why is that plant popular, and why isn’t there an “Bougainvillea haters” Facebook group?

If you search "examples of bougainvillea not pruned", you get pruning tips.

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How do you use bougainvillea in a sentence?

There's also a bougainvillea shading a bench in every village between Monrovia and Yekepa.

What does bougainvillea mean?

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.