"butterfly bush" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butterfly bushes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} butterfly bush (plural butterfly bushes)
  1. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies
    Any buddleia, of genus Buddleja.
    Categories (lifeform): Ajugoideae subfamily plants, Figwort family plants, Flowers
    Sense id: en-butterfly_bush-en-noun-Izvc9sEF Disambiguation of Ajugoideae subfamily plants: 26 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Figwort family plants: 24 24 28 24 Disambiguation of Flowers: 24 24 28 24
  2. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies
    Any buddleia, of genus Buddleja.
    especially of the species Buddleja davidii and Buddleja globosa.
    Categories (lifeform): Ajugoideae subfamily plants, Figwort family plants, Flowers
    Sense id: en-butterfly_bush-en-noun-dUmT1fxK Disambiguation of Ajugoideae subfamily plants: 26 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Figwort family plants: 24 24 28 24 Disambiguation of Flowers: 24 24 28 24
  3. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies
    Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa).
    Categories (lifeform): Ajugoideae subfamily plants, Dogbane family plants, Figwort family plants, Flowers
    Sense id: en-butterfly_bush-en-noun-eaAls949 Disambiguation of Ajugoideae subfamily plants: 26 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 23 23 32 23 Disambiguation of Figwort family plants: 24 24 28 24 Disambiguation of Flowers: 24 24 28 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 41 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 24 46 6 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 23 42 11
  4. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies
    Blue butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides, syn. Clerodendrum ugandense).
    Categories (lifeform): Ajugoideae subfamily plants, Figwort family plants, Flowers Translations (Rotheca myricoides): kansenboom (Dutch), sinitirsku (Finnish), クレロデンドルム・ウガンデンセ (kurerodendorumu ugandense) (Japanese), ブルーエルフィン (burū erufin) (Japanese), muunjuga-iria [class-3] (Kikuyu), muunjuga [class-3] (Kikuyu)
    Sense id: en-butterfly_bush-en-noun-8U2sI6X~ Disambiguation of Ajugoideae subfamily plants: 26 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Figwort family plants: 24 24 28 24 Disambiguation of Flowers: 24 24 28 24 Disambiguation of 'Rotheca myricoides': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (plant of the genus Buddleja): syrikkä (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'plant of the genus Buddleja': 44 44 9 3

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