beauty bush

Thân thiện

A beauty bush blooms with pink flowers in the spring garden.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A specific flowering shrub: "beauty bush" refers to a Chinese deciduous shrub (Kolkwitzia amabilis) known for its pinkish flowers with yellow throats and its bristly fruit. It is frequently grown for ornamental purposes in gardens and landscapes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The beauty bush in our backyard is covered in delicate pink blooms every spring.
  • For a low-maintenance ornamental, consider planting a beauty bush along the fence line.
  • The beauty bush is prized for its arching branches and profuse flowering.

Advanced Usage

• Horticultural context: The term is used specifically in gardening, botany, and landscape design to identify this particular species.
  • The landscape architect specified several beauty bushes to provide seasonal color and texture.

Variants and Related Words

• Kolkwitzia amabilis (n): The botanical Latin name for the beauty bush.
• Deciduous shrub (n): A general category of plants that the beauty bush belongs to, which lose their leaves annually.
• Ornamental shrub (n): A general term for plants grown primarily for decorative purposes.

Synonyms

• Kolkwitzia: The genus name, often used interchangeably in botanical contexts.
• Amabilis: Part of the species name, meaning "lovely" in Latin, sometimes used poetically to refer to the plant.

Related Phrases

• Flowering beauty bush: A phrase emphasizing the plant's blooming characteristic.
  • The flowering beauty bush attracts many pollinators to the garden.

Học thuật

Noun

1. Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental

Từ đồng nghĩa

• kolkwitzia amabilis