fuchsia
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fuchsia¹
- /ˈfjuːʃə/
- /ˈfuːksi.ə/ obsolete
Rhymes with -uːʃə
Where it comes from
From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).
noun fuchsias
- A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers. Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves
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A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
She tilted a hand topped with long rectangular nails in furious fuchsia towards her cheeks and fluttered the fingers, fanning.
Similar: magenta
adjective
- Having a purplish-red colour.
Fuchsia²
proper noun
- A female given name. […] the attic, which since the earliest days Fuchsia could remember had been for her a world undesecrate.
Translations
Every language
noun plant
| Español | fucsia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 푸크시아 pukeusia |
| 日本語 | フクシャ fukusha, ホクシャ hokusha |
| 中文 | 倒掛金鐘 /倒挂金钟 dàoguàjīnzhōng |
| Português | fúcsia |
| Français | fuchsia |
| Deutsch | Fuchsie |
| Italiano | fucsia |
| Ελληνικά | φούξια foúxia |
| Română | cerceluș, fucsie |
| Русский | фу́ксия fúksija |
| العربية | فُوشِيَة fūšiya |
| עברית | פוּקְסְיָה fúksya |
noun colour
| Español | fucsia, cinzolín |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 赤紫色 aka-murasaki-iro |
| 中文 | 紫紅色 /紫红色 zǐhóngsè, 品紅色 /品红色 pǐnhóngsè |
| Português | fúcsia |
| Français | fuchsia |
| Italiano | fucsia |
| Ελληνικά | φούξια foúxia |
| Română | fucsie |
| Русский | фу́ксия fúksija, пурпу́рно-кра́сный цвет purpúrno-krásnyj cvet |
| العربية | أُرْجُوَانِيّ ʔurjuwāniyy, فُوشِيّ fūšiyy |
| עברית | פוקסיה fúksya |
Talk about this word "fuchsia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fuchsia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fuchsia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fuchsia "fuchsia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fuchsia.Cite this
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title = {fuchsia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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