| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bou·var·di·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -vär d - |
| NOUN: | Any of several Mexican and Central American shrubs or herbs of the genus Bouvardia cultivated for their showy, narrowly tubular, variously colored flowers grouped in terminal cymes. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Bouvardia, genus name, after Charles Bouvard (1572–1658), French physician.
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