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fuchsia.

A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfjuːʃə//ˈfuːksi.ə/obsolete
  1. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.

  2. 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).

adj/ˈfjuːʃə//ˈfuːksi.ə/obsolete
  1. Having a purplish-red colour.

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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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