Fuchsia

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Fuchsia. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Fuchsia, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Fuchsia in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Fuchsia you have here. The definition of the word Fuchsia will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofFuchsia, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: fuchsia

Translingual

Fuchsia regia
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Wikispecies has information on:

Wikispecies

Etymology

Named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs +‎ -ia. See Fuchs.

Proper noun

Fuchsia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – Because of the red, pink or purple flowers these small shrubs are popular garden plants, fuchsias.

English

Etymology

From the flower fuchsia.

Proper noun

Fuchsia

  1. A female given name
    • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
      […] the attic, which since the earliest days Fuchsia could remember had been for her a world undesecrate.
    • 2012, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Yuba - The Film That Forms Atop Heated Soymilk (1587-2012):
      Slater quotes from a new book titled Sichuan Cookery, by Fuchsia Dunlop, the BBC's East Asia specialist.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia