BOUGAINVILLÆA
\bˈa͡ʊɡe͡ɪnvˌɪlɑː], \bˈaʊɡeɪnvˌɪlɑː], \b_ˈaʊ_ɡ_eɪ_n_v_ˌɪ_l_ɑː]\
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b[=oo]g-[=a]n-vil-[=e]'a, n. a neotropical genus of Nyctaginaceæ, frequently trained over trellises or under the roofs of greenhouses, their triplets of flowers almost concealed by rosy or purple bracts. [From the first French circumnavigator of the globe, Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811).]
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