how to pronounce bougainvillea

/ˌbuˌɡɛɪnˈvɪliːə/

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bougainvillea is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of bougainvillea in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… fantastical bougainvillea arbors to a …”

meanings of bougainvillea

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.

bougainvillea frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bougainvillea occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bougainvillea can be related to

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1) life, nature, and living environment;