buganvilia
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Etymology edit
From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buganvilia f (plural buganvilias)
- (chiefly Latin America) bougainvillea
Further reading edit
- “buganvilia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014