fuchsia

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English

Fuchsia (1)

Etymology

After the genus Fuchsia, itself named after Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːʃə

Noun

fuchsia (plural fuchsias)

1. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
2. a purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.

   web fuchsia (magenta) colour:

   fashion magenta (Hollywood cerise) colour:

Quotations

plant

• 1922 : Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. - Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)

Translations

plant

Catalan: fúcsia Chinese: Mandarin: 倒掛金鐘 (zh), 倒挂金钟 (zh) (dàoguàjīnzhōng) Finnish: fuksia French: fuchsia (fr) m. German: Fuchsie (de) f.

Italian: fucsia (it) f. Japanese: フクシャ (ja) (fukusha), ホクシャ (ja) (hokusha) Persian: گل آویز (fa) (gol-âviz) Polish: fuksja (pl) f. Russian: фуксия (ru) (fúksija) f. Spanish: fucsia (es)

colour

Catalan: fúcsia Chinese: Mandarin: 紫紅色 (zh), 紫红色 (zh) (zǐhóngsè), 品紅色 (zh), 品红色 (zh) (pǐnhóngsè) French: fuchsia (fr) m. Italian: fucsia (it)

Japanese: 赤紫色 (ja) (あかむらさきいろ, aka-murasaki-iro) Persian: سرخابی سیر (fa) (sorxâbi sir) Russian: фуксия (ru) (fúksija) f., пурпурно-красный цвет (ru) (purpúrno-krásnyj cvet) m. Spanish: fucsia (es)

Synonyms

• (colour): magenta

Adjective

fuchsia (not comparable)

1. Having a purplish-red colour.

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds) [edit]}

External links

• Wikipedia article on Leonhart Fuchs