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单词 fuchsia
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fuchsian.

Brit. /ˈfjuːʃə/, U.S. /ˈfjuʃə/
Etymology: modern Latin < the name of the German botanist Leonhard Fuchs (16th cent.).
a. A genus of ornamental shrubs (family Onagraceæ) with drooping flowers; a plant of this genus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > fuchsia
fuchsia1753
lady's eardrops1829
konini1867
tree fuchsia-
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.
1789 Bot. Mag. 3 97 Fuchsia coccinea..Scarlet Fuchsia..was introduced to the royal gardens at Kew in the year 1788.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ix. 646 Leonard Fuchs..has secured a verdant immortality in the well-known Fuchsia.
1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing II. 169 The pendant fuchsias drooped in their last loveliness.
1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 316 Pretty bow-windows, with the crimson fuchsias climbing up them.
b. (See quots.)
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > Australasian > other Australian plants
lechenaultia1814
spear-grass1847
Spaniard1851
acroclinium1852
fuchsia1866
scrub vine1866
bayonet grass1868
Scotchman1872
Queensland hemp1876
Spanish soldier1901
bindi-eye1911
scab weed1927
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Fuchsia, Australian or native. A colonial name for Correa.
1880 L. A. Meredith Tasmanian Friends & Foes iii. 23 (note) Correa speciosa—native fuchsia of Colonies.
c. attributive, as fuchsia-red, fuchsia-tree.
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1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iv. 54 The girl..turned to a fuchsia-tree, pretending to pick some of its flowers.
1895 Daily News 16 Jan. 7/4 Bright fuchsia-red has become..a favourite.
d. A red colour like that of the fuchsia flower, fuchsia-red.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet
cockea1382
coccyn1382
coctin1382
vermiliona1400
scarlet-redc1405
sinoper1412
scarletc1440
sinople?c1450
vermeletc1530
lusty gallant1587
vermeil1590
vermeil red1590
minium1601
cinnabar?1614
cochineal1632
poppy red1679
poppy colour1705
cherry-colour1720
ponceau1782
Turkey red1789
pinkc1791
coquelicot1795
poppy1796
cherry-red1802
vermilion-red1815
cardinal scarlet1828
geranium1842
dahlia1846
cardinal red1850
cerise1858
cardinal1874
scarlet-crimson1882
vermilion-scarlet1882
pillar box1894
Turkish red1900
signal red1909
fuchsia1923
1923 Daily Mail 5 Mar. 13 Colours: Peach, Apple, Apricot, Mauve, Fuchsia, Periwinkle.
1930 Times 29 Nov. 16 A colour scheme of fuchsia and gold predominates.
1963 New Yorker 29 June 64/1 (advt.) Mandarin Coat—or Dress..Red, Black, Fuchsia.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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