forsythia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of forsythia
< New Latin, after William Forsyth (1737–1804), English horticulturist; see -ia
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The two Bronze Age teeth produced highly divergent strains of Tannerella forsythia, a bacteria implicated in gum disease.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Then forsythia, daffodils, magnolias, robins, and cherry trees, on down the line.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2024
A yellow forsythia bush bloomed under a cloudless blue sky; the sun shone in that newly spring way that makes you want to go outside and stay there.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
The choices include forsythia, various willows and Japanese flowering quince, as well as a range of prunus, specifically Japanese flowering apricot, flowering plum, flowering cherry and fruiting peach.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2021
Behind an overgrown forsythia bush was a plaster Virgin Mary as tall as their waists, with a blue painted hood draped over her head in the manner of an Indian bride.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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