butterfly bush

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butterfly bush

Any of various shrubs of the genus Buddleja native chiefly to warm regions and cultivated for their showy clusters of small, variously colored flowers. Also called buddleia.

butterfly bush

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for buddleia

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butterfly bush - tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers

buddleia

genus Buddleia - shrubs or trees of warm regions

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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