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fuchsia

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fuch=sia

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fuchsia has 1 sense

fuchsia(n = noun.plant) Array - 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; Array

is a member of

genus fuchsia

has particulars: fuchsia coccinea, ladies'-eardrop, ladies'-eardrops, lady's-eardrop, lady's-eardrops, fuchsia excorticata, konini, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia

is a kind of bush, shrub

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CIDE DICTIONARY

fuchsia, n. [NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.].

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. [1913 Webster]
A plant belonging to the genus Fuschia. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

fuchsia, n. any shrub of the genus Fuchsia, with drooping red or purple or white flowers.

Etymology

mod.L f. L. Fuchs, Ger. botanist d. 1566

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