fuchsia

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566). === Pronunciation === enPR: fyū'shə, IPA(key): /ˈfjuːʃə/ (obsolete) enPR: fū'ksēə, IPA(key): /ˈfuːksi.ə/ Rhymes: -uːʃə === Noun === fuchsia (plural fuchsias) A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers. 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281) Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye. Synonym: magenta ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === fuchsia (not comparable) Having a purplish-red colour. === See also === === References === === Further reading === fuchsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:fuchsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons fuchsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Leonhart Fuchs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === Named after Leonhart Fuchs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɔɡ̊ɕa] === Noun === fuchsia c (singular definite fuchsiaen, plural indefinite fuchsiaer or fuchsier) fuchsia ==== Inflection ==== === References === “fuchsia” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fy.ʃja/, /fyk.sja/ Homophone: fuchsias === Noun === fuchsia m (plural fuchsias) fuchsia === Adjective === fuchsia (invariable) fuchsia === Further reading === “fuchsia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012