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Definition of Butterfly bush
1. Noun. Tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers.
Definition of Butterfly bush
1. Noun. A buddleia, especially the species ''Buddleja davidii''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Butterfly bush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"... butterfly bush, pea tree, abelia, hercules club and various others. Even autumn
is not without its blooming shrubs and the witch hazel often flowers in ..."
2. My Growing Garden by John Horace McFarland (1915)
"The other shrub is called "summer heliotrope," "butterfly bush," and any other
common name that happens to occur to the owner or the nurseryman. ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"Butterfly-bush; Summer-lilac Deciduous shrub Cultivated and occasionally naturalized
on roadsides, abandoned railroads and rubbish dumps. m FAC FAC ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"I Butterfly-bush; Summer-lilac Deciduous shrub Cultivated and occasionally
naturalized on roadsides, abandoned railroads and rubbish dumps. - • . ..."
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