An alternative spelling of bougainvillea, a tropical flowering plant with bright papery bracts in pink, purple, orange, or red.
Named after French admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811); this spelling variant 'buginvillaea' appears in older texts, though 'bougainvillea' is now standard.
Plants named after explorers often have spelling chaos—this flower honors a French explorer, yet we spell it the Portuguese way ('bougain-') because the plant came to Europe through Portuguese colonies!
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