Fuchsia

2 definitions found

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

  Fuchsia \Fuch"si*a\, n.; pl. E. {Fuchsias}, L. {Fuchsi[ae]}.
     [NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.]
     1. (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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A plant belonging to the genus {Fuschia}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fuchsia
       n 1: any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their
            showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers;
            Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
       2: a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year
          of the battle of Magenta [syn: {magenta}]