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bouvardia

bou·var·di·a [ boo vr dee ə ] (plural bou·var·di·as)


noun 
Definition:
 
Mexican and Central American flowering plant: a bush with thin straight leaves and tubular flowers in various bright colors. Native to: Mexico and Central America.  Genus Bouvardia.

[Late 18th century. < modern Latin, after Charles Bouvard (1572-1658), superintendent of the King's Garden, Paris]
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