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Definition of Fuchsia
1. Noun. Any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti.
Specialized synonyms: Fuchsia Coccinea, Ladies'-eardrop, Ladies'-eardrops, Lady's-eardrop, Lady's-eardrops, Fuchsia Excorticata, Konini, Native Fuchsia, Tree Fuchsia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Fuchsia
1. n. A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double- flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.
Definition of Fuchsia
1. Noun. A popular garden plant, of the genus ''Fuchsia'', of the ''Onagraceae'' family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers. ¹
2. Noun. a purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye. ¹
3. Adjective. Having a purplish-red colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fuchsia
1. a flowering shrub [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fuchsia
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Origin: NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuchsia
Literary usage of Fuchsia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1847)
"So numerous are they, that our fuchsia taste is quite surfeited, and yet we
quarrel not with the number of varieties, but with the sickening extent to which ..."
2. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"The basal part of the fuchsia cutting (Fig. ... fuchsia cutting. pith ; h, the
wood, r, the bark, in which extend the phloem fibres (b). ..."
3. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"A large fuchsia will, probably, in a single summer give more flowers than ...
Let us remember, in the first place, that the fuchsia never looks better than ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The flowers of the fuchsia have the tube of the calyx adherent to the ovary, with
the limb four-lobed, spreading or recurved; four petals, attached to the ..."
5. The Floral Magazine: Comprising Figures and Descriptions of Popular Garden by Thomas Moore, Walter Hood Fitch (1862)
"fuchsia hybrida, var. At every place where an opportunity has been afforded of
exhibiting plants during the present spring, the Messrs. ..."
6. Seventy-five Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1870)
"A large fuchsia will, probably, in a single•summer give more flowers than ...
Let us remember, in the first place, that the fuchsia never looks better than ..."
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