buddleia
See also: Buddleia
English
editEtymology
editFrom translingual Buddleja, after English naturalist Adam Buddle (died 1715).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbuddleia (plural buddleias)
- 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
editTranslations
edittree of shrub of the genus Buddleja
References
edit- “buddleia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.