Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Weigela of Asia, especially W. florida, widely cultivated for its pink, white, or red flowers.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Weigelia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.

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  • noun botany Any plant of the genus Weigela.

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  • noun deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin, genus name, after Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, (1748–1831), German physician.]

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Examples

  • The dark-leafed weigela bushes are coated with mauve flowers, the peonies are spewing their amazing perfume, pink petals weigh down the 10-foot-tall beauty bush by the fence and the bearded irises with their unreal purple and blue blooms seem like visitors from another world.

    Politically Incorrect Gardening 2010

  • After that, I attacked a weigela bush that had a dense thicket of overlapping interior stems and a viburnum whose lower branches awkwardly brushed the ground.

    Fear of Pruning Bart Ziegler 2010

  • The front of the bed could be edged with pulmonaria if the location has filtered sun, backed by several very compact, dwarf weigela, which have maroon foliage.

    Green Scene: Landscaping can make potential buyers feel right at home 2010

  • The house was a vast 1950s waterfall brick affair hanging off a hill and it was overgrown with the kinds of shrubs that everyone had in the 1950s; weigela, hibiscus, plumbago.

    What I cooked last night. 2007

  • Foster had been recalcitrant, pointing out that the forsythia would have to go and the weigela, and them there lilacs, but Gwenda had been adamant, and he was now almost enthusiastic about his task.

    Sleeping Murder Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1976

  • The weigela, forsythia, and spiraea are also excellent shrubs.

    Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools Ontario. Ministry of Education

  • Then, crouching low, he ran from bush to bush and took his stand in front of a weigela bush that screened him from being seen by his family.

    Jerry's Charge Account Hazel Hutchins Wilson 1945

  • This is true of most fruit-trees, and such shrubs as lilac, forsythia, tree peony, wistaria, some spireas and viburnums, weigela, deutzia.

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

  • • Reblooming weigela Sonic Bloom Pink grows to a manageable 5 feet tall and blooms from May until frost.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2012

  • For shrubs that bloom in early spring, like lilac (Syringa spp.), forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia) and weigela (Weigela florida), prune immediately after the blooms fade or you'll remove next year's flower buds.

    The Seattle Times 2012

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  • The one that looks like kolkwitzia but has red flowers. I have decided to pronounce this (can I use IPA here? how do I do square brackets?) /waɪˈdʒiːlə/. (Ugh! Ugly, ugly mix of founts. Does it look better as SAMPA? /waI"dZi:l@/ – not really)

    July 3, 2008