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/ˈbuɡɪnˌvɪɫ/
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NOUN
- the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea
- French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811)
How To Use Bougainville In A Sentence
- When A stands for abutilon, B for bougainvillea and C for clianthus, we must be in a conservatory where the temperature never falls below 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
- They love the subtropics and many are unsuitable to let loose in a home garden; unruly types like bougainvillea, cat's claw creeper, Jasminum polyanthum and potato vine run like rockets up the nearest tree if not regularly hacked back.
- She was rather thin, with a drawn face and messy hair, the colour of the pink bougainvillea leaves.
- She was waiting this evening for a few more men to notice her before she would leave the fragrant beauty of the bougainvillea above her for the backstreet hovel she called home.
- Dunn organizes weekend trips during the semester to sites in Overtown, where students work for eight hours planting bougainvilleas, roses, shrimp plants, and vegetables like sweet potatoes, greens, and string beans.
- Molina's crew trims hedges, mows grass, and has planted bougainvillea, jacaranda, queen palms and hibiscus.
- Rustic homes and stone cabanos are sprinkled across the hillside with terraces of their own, in terre cuite* and iron, covered with bright red bougainvillea, periwinkle-blue liseron* and other colorful and climbing flowers. La marche (Italy, part 1) - French Word-A-Day
- The camp was full of pine trees and flowerbeds of bougainvillea and hibiscus.
- When frost is expected, protect tender garden plants such as bougainvillea, citrus, fuchsia and succulents by covering them. SFGate: Top News Stories
- Here, by the sea, under the big sky, the palms and the bougainvillea flashing past, it should be easy to forget five years of destruction. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS