Meaning

2 senses
  1. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.

    Fuchsie

    фу́ксияfúksija

    фу́ксіяfúksija

  2. A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.

    фу́ксияfúksija, пурпу́рно-кра́сный цветpurpúrno-krásnyj cvet

    a vivid purplish-red color

Examples

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  1. I can't tell pink from fuchsia.

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  2. Weevils eat the leaves of the fuchsia.

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  3. The colour fuchsia is named after a flower.

    deDie Farbe Fuchsia ist nach einer Blume benannt.

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  4. Scarlet is a beautiful color, but I like fuchsia.

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  5. He was beside the trellis up which climbed his treasured fuchsia.

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Translations

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Origin

From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs

From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).

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