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fuchsia|ˈfjuːʃ(ɪ)ə|
[mod.L. f. the name of the German botanist Leonhard Fuchs (16th c.).]
a. A genus of ornamental shrubs (family Onagraceæ) with drooping flowers; a plant of this genus.
1753in Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1789Curtis' Bot. Mag. III. 97 Fuchsia coccinea..Scarlet Fuchsia..was introduced to the royal gardens at Kew in the year 1788. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. I. ix. i. §20. 471 Leonard Fuchs..has secured a verdant immortality in the well-known Fuchsia. 1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing II. 169 The pendant fuchsias drooped in their last loveliness. 1868Less. Mid. Age 316 Pretty bow-windows, with the crimson fuchsias climbing up them.
b. (See quots.)
1866Treas. Bot., Fuchsia, Australian or native. A colonial name for Correa. 1880L. A. Meredith Tasm. Friends & Foes iii. 23 note, Correa speciosa—native fuchsia of Colonies.
c. attrib., as fuchsia-red, fuchsia-tree.
1873Black Pr. Thule (1874) 47 The girl..turned to a fuchsia-tree, pretending to pick some of its flowers. 1895Daily News 16 Jan. 7/4 Bright fuchsia-red has become..a favourite.
d. A red colour like that of the fuchsia flower, fuchsia-red.
1923Daily Mail 5 Mar. 13 Colours: Peach, Apple, Apricot, Mauve, Fuchsia, Periwinkle. 1930Times 29 Nov. 16 A colour scheme of fuchsia and gold predominates. 1963New Yorker 29 June 64/1 (Advt.), Mandarin Coat—or Dress..Red, Black, Fuchsia. |