Forsythia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forsythia \For*syth"i*a\, a. [NL. Named after William Forsyth,
     who brought in from China.] (Bot.)
     A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  forsythia
       n : any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus
           Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but
           widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow
           bell-shaped flowers