buddleian.
/ˈbʌdliːə//bʌdˈliːə/ Botany.
Any plant of the genus of shrubs and trees of this name of the family Loganiaceæ, natives of America, Asia, and South Africa; esp. the large deciduous shrub B. davidii, with mauve flowers in panicles.
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1791 Bot. Mag. 174 Round-headed Buddlea.
1864 L. H. Grindon Brit. & Garden Bot. 415 In genial situations the Buddlea will often attain the height of 12–15 feet.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 673/2 The Buddleia..flourishes at a height of 12,000 feet round the shores of Lake Titicaca [Peru].
1924 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 446/1 Red admirals in August sunning themselves on the buddleia.
1927 Times (Weekly ed.) 22 Sept. 327/3 Purple buddleia.
1964 F. A. Bush Trees & Shrubs viii. 109 Buddleias flourish in a deep well-drained soil in sunny but sheltered situations.
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