fuchsia.
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
Meaning & usage
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz Proto-West Germanic *fuhs Old High German vuhs Middle High German vuhs German Fuchsder. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Translingual Fuchsiabor. English fuchsia From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).
Having a purplish-red colour.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz Proto-West Germanic *fuhs Old High German vuhs Middle High German vuhs German Fuchsder. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Translingual Fuchsiabor. English fuchsia From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).
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