noun. Any of several woody shrubs or vines of the genus Bougainvillea of Central and South America, having small flowers surrounded by large usually bright red or purple bracts.

noun. A nyctaginaceous genus of climbing shrubs, natives of tropical and subtropical South America.

noun. Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.

noun. any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions

"The bougainvillea were an explosion of purple, pink, crimson, and all the shades in between, in the bright, hot, and unrelenting sun."

vine  

bougainvillea glabra  paper flower  

Jacaranda  amaryllis  azalea  azaleas  bougainvillaea