fuchsia

[ fyoo-shuh ]

/ ˈfyu ʃə /

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noun

a plant belonging to the genus Fuchsia, of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.

Also called California fuchsia. a nonwoody shrub, Zauschneria californica, having large crimson flowers.

a bright, purplish-red color.

adjective

of the color fuchsia: a fuchsia dress.

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Origin of fuchsia

1745–55; <New Latin; named after Leonhard Fuchs (1501–66), German botanist; see -ia

Words nearby fuchsia

fubar, fubsy, Fu-chou, Fuchs, Fuchs epithelial dystrophy, fuchsia, fuchsin, fuchsinophil, fuchsite, Fuchu, fucivorous

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How to use fuchsia in a sentence

The delicate fuchsia blossoms where the lawn transitions to the beach are known as annual honesty.
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Colors were vivid and autumnal, including fuchsia and olive green with metallic shimmers.
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In particular, Clinton was enamored of her fuchsia Salvatore Ferragamo satchel.
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Indeed, when President Barack Obama recently appeared on The Daily Show, a fuchsia bracelet dangled from his wrist.
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The final dresses, in fuchsia with embroidery, appliqué, layering and all manner of technical wizardry were a Cinderella dream.
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Translucent dresses in shades of fuchsia and purple were topped with voluminous jackets in stiff, sculptural shapes.
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The fuchsia took its name from Leonard Fuchs, a sixteenth-century botanist, the first German who really studied botany.
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This caterpillar is found most often on certain kinds of Epilobium, but will also eat of the vine, fuchsia, and bed-straw.
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It was afterwards reared on fuchsia, and produced a moth on August 18.
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Anne sat down on the rocker with a long sigh, kissed one of Bonny's leaves, and waved her hand to a blossoming fuchsia.
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He has obtained, says Hallam, a verdant immortality in the familiar flower which bears his name, the fuchsia.
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British Dictionary definitions for fuchsia

fuchsia

/ (ˈfjuːʃə) /

noun

any onagraceous shrub of the mostly tropical genus Fuchsia, widely cultivated for their showy drooping purple, red, or white flowers

Also called: California fuchsia a North American onagraceous plant, Zauschneria californica, with tubular scarlet flowers

a reddish-purple to purplish-pink colour
(as adjective)a fuchsia dress

Word Origin for fuchsia

C18: from New Latin, named after Leonhard Fuchs (1501–66), German botanist

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