buddleia

American  

[buhd-lee-uh, buhd-lee-uh] / bʌdˈli ə, ˈbʌd li ə /

noun

1. any shrub belonging to the genus Buddleia, of the logania family, having opposite, lance-shaped leaves and clusters of flowers, comprising the butterfly bushes.

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buddleia British  

/ ˈbʌdlɪə /

noun

1. Also called: butterfly bush. any ornamental shrub of the genus Buddleia , esp B. davidii , which has long spikes of mauve flowers and is frequently visited by butterflies: family Buddleiaceae

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Etymology

Origin of buddleia

< New Latin (Linnaeus), named after Adam Buddle (died 1715), English botanist; see -ia

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Example Sentences

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buddleia

Hummingbirds zipped in and out of a purple buddleia bush; Hugo, an eager-to-please Border collie, stretched out on the porch, smelling faintly of skunk.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Edinburgh’s old Royal Infirmary has been abandoned for more than a decade, its doors boarded up, its gutters overgrown with buddleia and fireweed.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2019

The plant has sold steadily and is very popular with the public, while buddleia other than the davidii species pose no threat, and seedless clones are available, he explains.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2014

And the problems caused by buddleia to the management of the rail network are described by the Non-Native Species Secretariat as "significant".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2014

At the foot of the garden, behind a clump of gooseberry-bushes, stood an arbour formed of a yellow buddleia.

From Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson

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