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Definition of: fuchsia
(fy
′shə, -shē·ə) noun
1. A plant (genus Fuchsia) of the evening–primrose family, with red, pink, white, or purple drooping, four–petaled flowers.
2. A perennial herb, the California fuchsia (Zauschneria californica), with scarlet flowers.
3. A bright bluish–red, the typical color of the fuchsia, [after Leonhard Fuchs, 1501–66, German botanist]
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