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