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BUTTERFLY BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butterfly bush mean? 

BUTTERFLY BUSH (noun)
  The noun BUTTERFLY BUSH has 1 sense:

1. tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BUTTERFLY BUSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUTTERFLY BUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buddleia; butterfly bush

Hypernyms ("butterfly bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("butterfly bush" is a member of...):

genus Buddleia (shrubs or trees of warm regions)


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