Fuchsia Definition

fyo͝oshə
fuchsias
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.
Webster's New World
Purplish red.
Webster's New World

A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae — Because of the red, pink or purple flowers these small shrubs are popular garden plants, fuchsias.

Wiktionary
adjective
Purplish-red.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Fuchsia

Noun

Singular:
fuchsia
Plural:
fuchsias

Origin of Fuchsia

  • New Latin Fuchsia genus name after Leonhard Fuchs (1501–1566), German botanist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After the genus Fuchsia, itself named after Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist.

    From Wiktionary

  • Named after the botanist Leonhart Fuchs.

    From Wiktionary

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