Bougainvillaea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Bougainvillaea
    n 1: ornamental tropical woody vines [syn: {genus
         Bougainvillea}, {Bougainvillaea}, {genus Bougainvillaea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bougainvillaea \Bou`gain*vil*l[ae]`a\, prop. n. [Named from
   Bougainville, the French navigator.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants of the order {Nyctoginace[ae]}, from
   tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by
   large bracts.
   [1913 Webster]