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buddleia
(bəd lē′ə, bud′lē ə)
noun
any of a genus (Buddleia) of shrubs and trees of the logania family, native to the tropics but commonly grown in temperate regions for their blossoms of purple, yellow, etc.
Origin: ModL, after A. Buddle, 17th-c. Eng botanist
See buddleia in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
See butterfly bush.
Origin:
Origin: New Latin
Origin: , after Adam Buddle (died 1715), British botanist
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