buganvilla
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: bu‧gan‧vi‧lla
Noun edit
buganvilla f (plural buganvillas)
- (chiefly Spain) bougainvillea
Further reading edit
- “buganvilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014