fatsia

American  

[fat-see-uh] / ˈfæt si ə /

noun

1. a shrub or small tree, Fatsia japonica, of the ginseng family, having large, glossy, palmately compound leaves and often grown as a houseplant.

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fatsia British  

/ ˈfætsɪə /

noun

1. any shrub of the araliaceous genus Fatsia , esp F. japonica , with large deeply palmate leaves and umbels of white flowers

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Etymology

Origin of fatsia

< New Latin, perhaps irregular < Japanese yatsude the name of the plant

Example Sentences

The palette includes bergenias, pinks, cranesbill, hypericum, liriope, hostas, fatsia, and even nandina and yucca.

From Washington Post

Leslie loves shades of green, so Kat included plenty of feather reed grass; laced the old fence with trumpet vines; and planted a big-leafed, spreading fatsia in the shade beneath the sequoia.

From Seattle Times

One of the truly cherished rarities in my garden is Sinopanax formosanus, a relative of Schefflera and Fatsia.

From Seattle Times

Walk around the back of the house, and you’ll find dozens of bamboos, fan palms, fatsia and scheffleras you’d never recognize as such.

From Seattle Times

Fatsia Horrida.—This is no longer grown by nurserymen, but can be obtained at any butcher's, large quantities having recently arrived from Greece.

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