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fuchsia
(fjuːʃə)
Word forms: plural fuchsias
variable noun
A fuchsia is a plant or a small bush which has pink, purple, or white flowers. The flowers hang downwards, with their outer petals curved backwards.
fuchsia in British English
(ˈfjuːʃə)
noun
1.
any onagraceous shrub of the mostly tropical genus Fuchsia, widely cultivated for their showy drooping purple, red, or white flowers
2. Also called: California fuchsia
a North American onagraceous plant, Zauschneria californica, with tubular scarlet flowers
3.
a.
a reddish-purple to purplish-pink colour
b.
(as adjective)
a fuchsia dress
Word origin
C18: from New Latin, named after Leonhard Fuchs (1501–66), German botanistfuchsia in American English
(ˈfjuʃə)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Fuchsia) of shrubby plants of the evening-primrose family, usually with pink, red, or purple flowershanging from the ends of the branches
2.
purplish red
adjective
3.
purplish-red
Word origin
ModL, so named by Linnaeus after L. Fuchs (1501-66), Ger botanistImage offuchsia
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shrubIn other languagesfuchsia
British English: fuchsia NOUN
A fuchsia is a plant or a small bush which has pink, purple, or white flowers.
- American English: fuchsia
- Brazilian Portuguese: fúcsia
- Chinese: 灯笼海棠
- European Spanish: fucsia
- French: fuchsia
- German: Fuchsie
- Italian: fucsia
- Japanese: フクシア
- Korean: 후크시아 꽃
- European Portuguese: fúcsia
- Latin American Spanish: fucsia
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