fuchsia
pronunciation
How to pronounce fuchsia in British English:
UK [ˈfju:ʃə]
How to pronounce fuchsia in American English:
US [ˈfjuʃə]
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- Noun:
- 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
- a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
Word Origin
- fuchsia (n.)
- red color (like that of the Fuchsia flowers), 1921, from the ornamental shrub (1703, Plumier; by 1753 in English), from the Latinized name of German botanist Leonhard Fuchs (1501-1566) + abstract noun ending -ia. The German surname is literally "fox." Not related to Latin fucus "seaweed, sea wrack, tangle" (see fucus) which also gave its name to a red color prepared from it.
Example
- 1. Biond in the front , fuchsia in the middie .
- 2. Double fuchsia large star . Medium green , ovate . Standard .
- 3. I tried on a rmb 2800 cheongsam ( or qipao ) mini with fuchsia piping along the edges that fit like an anti-gravity body glove .
- 4. Fuchsia is one of my least favourite colours .
- 5. Little girls loved the dressing-room decorated with bright fuchsia peonies .