fuchsia

[ fyoo-shuh ]

noun

1. a plant belonging to the genus Fuchsia, of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.
2. Also called California fuchsia. a nonwoody shrub, Zauschneria californica, having large crimson flowers.
3. a bright, purplish-red color.

adjective

1. of the color fuchsia:

   a fuchsia dress.

fuchsia

/ ˈfjuːʃə /

noun

1. any onagraceous shrub of the mostly tropical genus Fuchsia , widely cultivated for their showy drooping purple, red, or white flowers
2. Also calledCalifornia fuchsia a North American onagraceous plant, Zauschneria californica , with tubular scarlet flowers
3. 1. a reddish-purple to purplish-pink colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      a fuchsia dress

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuchsia¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuchsia¹

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

Example Sentences

In search of the boys who stole their walkie talkie, they bust into an under-construction house, come face-to-face with a pair of apparent mutants, and flee into deserted streets under an angry, unnaturally fuchsia sky.

From Time

The delicate fuchsia blossoms where the lawn transitions to the beach are known as annual honesty.

From Outside Online

Gaze into Snoh Aaelgra’s fuchsia Terminator eyes and her music might come into focus.

From Washington Post

Colors were vivid and autumnal, including fuchsia and olive green with metallic shimmers.

From The Daily Beast

In particular, Clinton was enamored of her fuchsia Salvatore Ferragamo satchel.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, when President Barack Obama recently appeared on The Daily Show, a fuchsia bracelet dangled from his wrist.

From The Daily Beast

The final dresses, in fuchsia with embroidery, appliqué, layering and all manner of technical wizardry were a Cinderella dream.

From The Daily Beast

Translucent dresses in shades of fuchsia and purple were topped with voluminous jackets in stiff, sculptural shapes.

From The Daily Beast

The fuchsia took its name from Leonard Fuchs, a sixteenth-century botanist, the first German who really studied botany.

From Project Gutenberg

This caterpillar is found most often on certain kinds of Epilobium, but will also eat of the vine, fuchsia, and bed-straw.

From Project Gutenberg

It was afterwards reared on fuchsia, and produced a moth on August 18.

From Project Gutenberg

Anne sat down on the rocker with a long sigh, kissed one of Bonny's leaves, and waved her hand to a blossoming fuchsia.

From Project Gutenberg

He has obtained, says Hallam, a verdant immortality in the familiar flower which bears his name, the fuchsia.

From Project Gutenberg

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