Fuchsia

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  • noun. Any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Fuchsia, widely cultivated for their showy, drooping, purplish, reddish, or white flowers.
  • noun. A strong, vivid purplish red.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A genus of highly ornamental shrubs and small trees, of the order Onagraceæ.
  • noun. A plant of the genus Fuchsia.
  • noun. In Australia and Tasmania, species of the genus Mazeutoxeron, belonging to the rue family, especially M. speciosum.
  • noun. In Queensland, a shrub of the family Myoporaceæ, Pholidia maculata.
  • noun. In New Zealand, the kotukutuku, Fuchsia excorticata. See kotukutuku, konini, and tookytook.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A plant belonging to the genus Fuschia.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
  • noun. a purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
  • adjective. Having a purplish-red colour.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
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    "In Spain fuchsia is called "pendentes de la reina" (queen's earrings): wonderful name, isn't it?"
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