forsythianoun [ C ]
uk/fɔːˈsaɪ.θi.ə/us/fɔːrˈsaɪ.θi.ə/a medium-sized bush, grown in gardens, that has yellow flowers before the leaves appear
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Bushes & shrubs
- bramble
- briar
- brier
- broom
- brush
- bush
- camellia
- heather
- hibiscus
- huckleberry
- hydrangea
- juniper
- raspberry
- redcurrant
- rhododendron
- rosemary
- shrub
- shrubbery
- underbrush
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Flowers & flowering plants
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- Forsythia. —Any good soil suits these pretty shrubs.