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fuchsia (iou)



fuchsia noun. L18.
[mod. Latin, from Leonhard Fuchs (1501-66), German botanist: see -IA1.]
Any of various ornamental shrubs of the chiefly S. American genus Fuchsia, of the willowherb family, having drooping flowers freq. with purple-red sepals and perigynous tube. L18.
native fuchsia Austral. any of various shrubs, esp. of the genus Correa (of the rue family), with flowers resembling the fuchsia.
A shade of red like that of the fuchsia flower. E20.