Fuchsia
['fjuːʃə] or ['fjuʃə]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
Typist: Malcolm
Examples
- It is notorious in how complicated a manner the species of Pelargonium, Fuchsia, Calceolaria, Petunia, Rhododendron, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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