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How do you spell bougainvillea?
Bougainvillea is spelled B-O-U-G-A-I-N-V-I-L-L-E-A. Keep the -gain- in the middle and the double l, then finish with -ea rather than -ia.
Letter by letter
B-O-U-G-A-I-N-V-I-L-L-E-A
Spelling note
Two l's, and it ends -ea. Named after the navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville.
What it means for flower stock photos
Bougainvillea is a climbing plant whose colour comes from papery bracts rather than petals, common in Mediterranean and subtropical photography.
Common misspellings
bougainvilla→ bougainvilleaboganvillea→ bougainvilleabouganvillea→ bougainvilleabougainvillia→ bougainvillea