Definition of Fuchsea
Fuch"si*a (?), n.; pl. E.
Fuchsias (#), L. Fuchsiæ
(#). [NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.]
(Bot.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a genus of shrub, of the Onagraceae family, with red, pink or purple flowers.
- (colour) a purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
fuchsia color:
- (colour) having a purplish-red colour.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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