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Etymology
After the genus Fuchsia.

Pronunciation
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Noun
fuchsia

1. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
2. colour a purplish-red color|colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.

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Quotations
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1922 : Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. - w:Katherine Mansfield|Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)

Translations
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Catalan: fúcsia
Finnish: fuksia
French: fuchsia m
German: Fuchsie f
Italian: fucsia f
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Japanese: ���� (fukusha), ���� (hokusha)
Persian: FAchar|گ� آ��ز (gol-aviz)
Russian: ��к�и� /fúksija/
Spanish: fucsia
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Catalan: fúcsia
French: fuchsia m
Italian: fucsia
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Japanese: 赤紫� (��������, akamurasakiiro)
Persian: FAchar|سرخاب� س�ر (sorkhabi sir)
Spanish: fucsia
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Synonyms
colour
magenta

Adjective
fuchsia

1. (colour) having a purplish-red colour.

See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

External links
w:Leonhart_Fuchs|Wikipedia article on Leonhart Fuchs

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Category:Plants
Category:Reds

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