buddleia

buddleia

See also: Buddleia

English

Buddleja davidii

Etymology

From translingual Buddleja, after English naturalist Adam Buddle (died 1715).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌdlɪ.ə/

Noun

buddleia (plural buddleias)

1. A tree or shrub of the genus Buddleja, especially Buddleja davidii, a large ornamental shrub whose lilac flowers attract butterflies.
   • 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix:

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

Synonyms

• butterfly bush

Translations

tree of shrub of the genus Buddleja

Dutch: vlinderstruik Finnish: syrikkä (fi) Quechua: qulli

References

• “buddleia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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