bougainvillea or bougainvillaea (both: b
'gənvĭl`ēə) [for L. A. de Bougainville Bougainville, Louis Antoine de (lwē äNtwän` də b
..... Click the link for more information. ], any plant of the genus Bougainvillea of the family Nyctaginaceae (four-o'clock four-o'clock, common name for members of the Nyctaginaceae, a family of plants found in warm climates, especially in the Americas, chiefly as herbs but often in the tropics as shrubs or trees.
..... Click the link for more information. family); chiefly tropical American woody vines with showy petallike bracts, usually in shades of brilliant red or purple. Bougainvilleas are classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə)
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Caryophyllales, family Nyctaginaceae.
bougainvillea, bougainvillaea
'gənvĭl`ēə) [for L. A. de Bougainville Bougainville, Louis Antoine de (lwē äNtwän` də b..... Click the link for more information. ], any plant of the genus Bougainvillea of the family Nyctaginaceae (four-o'clock four-o'clock, common name for members of the Nyctaginaceae, a family of plants found in warm climates, especially in the Americas, chiefly as herbs but often in the tropics as shrubs or trees.
..... Click the link for more information. family); chiefly tropical American woody vines with showy petallike bracts, usually in shades of brilliant red or purple. Bougainvilleas are classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə)
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Caryophyllales, family Nyctaginaceae.
bougainvillea
Any plant of the genus Bougainvillea, comprising about 14 species of shrubs, vines, or small trees (family Nyctaginaceae) native to South America and hardy in warm climates. Many species are spiny. Only the woody vines are widely popular; showy cultivated varieties of several species are often grown indoors. The inconspicuous flowers are surrounded by brightly coloured papery bracts, for which one species, B. glabra, is called paperflower. The bracts of various species range from purple to lemon-yellow.
bougainvillea, bougainvillaea
any tropical woody nyctaginaceous widely cultivated climbing plant of the genus Bougainvillea, having inconspicuous flowers surrounded by showy red or purple bracts
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