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GENUS BOUGAINVILLAEA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bougainvillaea mean?

• GENUS BOUGAINVILLAEA (noun)
The noun GENUS BOUGAINVILLAEA has 1 sense:

1. ornamental tropical woody vines

Familiarity information: GENUS BOUGAINVILLAEA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS BOUGAINVILLAEA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Bougainvillaea ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Ornamental tropical woody vines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bougainvillaea; genus Bougainvillaea; genus Bougainvillea

Hypernyms ("genus Bougainvillaea" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bougainvillaea"):

bougainvillea (any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions)

Holonyms ("genus Bougainvillaea" is a member of...):

Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)

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