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Tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
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buddleia
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Word definitions for buddleia in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers [syn: butterfly bush ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A tree or shrub of the genus ''Buddleja'', especially (taxlink Buddleja davidii species noshow=1), a large ornamental shrub whose lilac flowers attract butterflies.
Usage examples of buddleia.
She set an oak bench against the south wall and flanked it with buddleias for the butterflies - and decades later, the Basher, who had fought her all the way, came there to die.
Leonora waited as long as she dared, looked fearfully around the yard in case Kater Murr had associates hidden among the buddleia bushes, then pushed her way inside.
And hanging over the oak fences lilac and laburnum, and red thorn, and syringa, and purple buddleia, and pyrus floribunda.
He could still make out the shapes of roads, city blocks, and parking lots, but they were green rectangles covered with mosses, lichens, and tough, destructive plants like buddleia.
His small walled garden was full of butterflies, drinking from the buddleia flQwcrs and sunning themselves with spread wings on the stones.
In the kitchen, the buddleia she and Robbie had picked from the garden provided a rich splash of colour on the pine table, even though the flowers were beginning to fall already.
As she raced down a gravel walk putting up red admirals, gorging themselves on the white buddleia on either side, she heard another shriek of laughter.
The clematis, buddleia, and wisteria were overgrown and infested with tent caterpillars.