"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
    Sense id: en-butterfly_bush-en-noun-Izvc9sEF Disambiguation of Ajugoideae subfamily plants: 27 27 31 16
  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
    Sense id: en-butterfly_bush-en-noun-dUmT1fxK Disambiguation of Ajugoideae subfamily plants: 27 27 31 16
  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: 27 27 31 16 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 21 21 38 21 Disambiguation of Figwort family plants: 23 23 32 23 Disambiguation of Flowers: 23 23 31 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kikuyu translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 41 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 20 50 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 41 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 23 45 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 22 42 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 21 46 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 23 41 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 21 47 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Kikuyu translations: 23 23 45 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 26 38 10
  4. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies
    Blue butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides, syn. Clerodendrum ugandense).
    Categories (lifeform): Ajugoideae subfamily plants 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: 27 27 31 16 Disambiguation of 'Rotheca myricoides': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (plant of the genus Buddleja): 醉魚草屬 /醉鱼草属 (Chinese Mandarin), 大葉醉魚草 /大叶醉鱼草 (taxonomic: Buddleja davidii) (Chinese Mandarin), syrikkä (Finnish), Buddleia (French), Buddleia de David (taxonomic: Buddleja davidii) [masculine] (French)
Disambiguation of 'plant of the genus Buddleja': 44 44 10 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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