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Definition of Bougainvilleas
1. bougainvillea [n] - See also: bougainvillea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bougainvilleas
Literary usage of Bougainvilleas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"line the streets; bougainvilleas of deepest purple, rising from green lawn, climb
the creamy walls of the palaces around the Plaza; bougainvilleas glowing ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"bougainvilleas are just now receiving much attention in this country. glabra ...
L HB There is much confusion in species and varieties of bougainvilleas in ..."
3. New Adventures by Michael Monahan (1917)
"A young woman of our party stopped to admire some bougainvilleas in a wayside
... Presently we were admiring the old man's bougainvilleas, which fully ..."
4. Gardening (1905)
"The orchestra screen was decorated with bougainvilleas. The interior of the
fountain was lined with smilax, the lava arches decorated with drooping ferns ..."
5. The Garden Book of California by Belle Sumner Angier (1906)
"The bougainvilleas are becoming so well known that they scarcely need further
introduction, ... There are many varieties of bougainvilleas which are ..."
6. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1868)
"They do well in such positions, together with Pleroma elegans, Camellias in
variety, bougainvilleas, Citrus, Daphnes, &c., which all afford ..."
7. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1879)
"... and bougainvilleas with other quick-growing plants are benefited by the
application of weak liquid manure. ..."
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