fuchsia Definition
fuch·sia (fyo̵̅o̅′s̸hə)
noun
- any of a genus (Fuchsia) of shrubby plants of the evening-primrose family, usually with pink, red, or purple flowers hanging from the ends of the branches
- purplish red
Etymology: ModL, so named by Carolus Linnaeus after L. Fuchs (1501-66), Ger botanist
adjective
purplish-red
fuchsia Usage Examples
Converse of object
- grow: Not everyone who grows fuchsias will want to produce specimen show plants.
- include: The stand will also include fan-trained fuchsias, standards and bush plants.
- water: Plants like petunias and pelargoniums are drought resistant, but under watered fuchsias and lobelia can take weeks to recover.
Adjective modifier
- hardy: With the exception of the pastel colored varieties, all half hardy fuchsias flourish better outdoors through the summer.
- double: This is a self colored baby pink full double fuchsia of exceptional quality.
- single: A classic single fuchsia which is extremely easy to grow.
- standard: A wide range of classes will include everything from hanging baskets to bonsai and from giant standard fuchsias to miniatures.
- true: A true single fuchsia with baby pink tube and sepals which recurve to cover the tube.
- white: Hailed as the best white double basket fuchsia raised to date.
Modifies a noun
- bush: Out in my garden there are already signs of daffodils and the fuchsia bush has a haze of green buds.
- flower: The reason for this is, a fuchsia flower normally lasts for ten days, which is governed by its reproductive cycle.
- cottage: Fuchsia cottage is a cozy traditional Cornish cottage built of local honeyed granite.
- magellanica: Fuchsia magellanica has naturalized itself in thickets around the woodland areas of the garden.
- grower: The type of composts most commonly used by fuchsia growers are soil, soil less, and peat based multipurpose.
- bow: Sexy flyaway shape with flirty fuchsia satin bow and romantic ruffle trim.
Noun used with modifier
- specialist: Carol Gubler, who runs a specialist fuchsia nursery in Surrey, grew all the plants on this stand.
- species: Due to high winds last year I lost many of my species fuchsias and am unable to find a supplier who sells species fuchsias.

