fuchsia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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

WordNet

Fuch"si*a noun
Etymology
NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.
Wordforms
plural E Fuchsias L Fuchslæ
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) 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.

Webster 1913