bougainvillaea

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woman, and may the blessing of Allah fall upon you, even as the petals of the purple flower will fall upon your head And they fell in showers from the purple bougainvillaea which trailed its length over the wrought arch above the gate, of which one half swung back by the hand of the biggest, blackest man ever dreamed of in nightmarious slumber Master!

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  • It was a high white house like her own, with pillars and a roof terrace and bougainvillaea, a modern daughter's house. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • By this time he is standing at the tall window, looking down at the manicured lawn that runs out from the terrace to the shaggy hedge of flowering bougainvillaea, the twisty shapes of the cypresses. —  F ;SF - vol 101 issue 02 - August 2001
  • It had arches and balconies entwined with bougainvillaea, and wide patios with tubs of vivid red geraniums. —  AttheSpaniard’sConvenience
  • Its veranda was smothered in the gorgeousness of bougainvillaea. —  The Gray Dawn
  • woman, and may the blessing of Allah fall upon you, even as the petals of the purple flower will fall upon your head And they fell in showers from the purple bougainvillaea which trailed its length over the wrought arch above the gate, of which one half swung back by the hand of the biggest, blackest man ever dreamed of in nightmarious slumber Master! —  Desert Love
 

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