abelia

American  

[uh-bee-lee-uh, uh-beel-yuh] / əˈbi li ə, əˈbil yə /

noun

1. any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of abelia

< New Latin (1818), named after Clarke Abel (1780–1826), British botanist; see -ia

Example Sentences

Meyer recruited some of those employees for a new company, Meyer/Glass Design, in which Abelia Glass, the widow of Marvin Glass, was a financial partner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

The limit of the grey shrubby Salix may be taken as 1,000 feet above that, the other plants are precisely the same as those of other swards; Abelia extends higher than Salix.

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Below this a little, woods commence chiefly of Bogh Pata, Cerasus, Salix, Rosa fructibus hispidis, Acers, Abelia?

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

The plants most limited were Papaveracea, Aconitum folium aconitoideum, Saxif. reniformis, Primula purpuria, Euphorbia radians, Rhododendron cereum, mentioned above, and another at 9,800 feet with similar leaves, but normal flowers, Abelia, Cerasus, Trillii sp.,

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

See Lespedeza, Rock Abelia, Deutzia crenata, Rock Daphne,     Fortunei, Rock Rose, the,     gracilis, Rosa alba,     scabra,     arvensis, Diervilla amabilis,     bengalensis,     floribunda,     bracteata,     grandiflora,     canina,     multiflora, Rosa centifolia,     rosea,     damascena, Dimorphanthus mandshuricus,     diversifolia, Dimorphanthus.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan