Definition of "bougainvillaea" [bou•gain•vil•læ•a]

• Variant of bougainvillea. (noun)

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• "On the right-hand side were small bungalows with tiled roofs and gardens in front, each one planted with bougainvillaea."
• "With the artist as a guide, Henry also learned to savor the infinity of violets in the clouds above the luminous sea which was “butterfly blue,” according to La Farge, the purplish-rose of bougainvillaea blossoms, the brilliance of the lemons, and the “fiercely green” acacia."
• "The seven boys who beat him are in jail, but their benefactors, the two sarpanch brothers Niranjan Singh Sidhu and Jaswant Singh live barely half a kilometre away in a faux haveli, with bougainvillaea spilling out of their walls."