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fuchsia
[fyoo-shuh]
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.
fuchsia
/ ˈːʃə /
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 History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fuchsia1
Example Sentences
Like all California fuchsias, this is a hummingbird magnet.
The Vance who showed up at CBS seemed reasonable, misled the audience confidently and smoothly, and wrapped an extremist agenda in a fuchsia tie and a few folksy stories to seem family-friendly.
“The California fuchsia blooms into the fall, and although the salvias’ spikes above the foliage die back after flowering, the structure and leaves remain vital.”
His plant suggestions for a campaign would include using California sagebrush, bush sunflower, California fuchsia and fairyduster.
Here, slender salamanders slink through the leaf litter under robust stands of Santa Cruz Island buckwheat and California fuchsia.
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