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butterfly bush

butterfly bush noun: any buddleia, of genus Buddleja.

butterfly bush: any buddleia, of genus Buddleja
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Noun

butterfly bush (plural butterfly bushes)

  1. Any buddleia, of genus Buddleja.
  2. especially of the species Buddleja davidii and Buddleja globosa.
  3. Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa).
  4. Blue butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides, syn. Clerodendrum ugandense).

Forms of butterfly bush

pluralbutterfly bushes

Questions about butterfly bush

What does butterfly bush mean?
Butterfly bush means any buddleia, of genus Buddleja.
What part of speech is butterfly bush?
Butterfly bush is a noun.
What is the plural of butterfly bush?
The plural of butterfly bush is butterfly bushes.

Words near butterfly bush in the dictionary

  1. butterfly bends
  2. butterfly blennies
  3. butterfly blenny
  4. butterfly bomb
  5. butterfly bombs
  6. butterfly bush
  7. butterfly bushes
  8. butterfly cake
  9. butterfly cakes
  10. butterfly chair
  11. butterfly child

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