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fuchsia

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fuch=sia

CIDE DICTIONARY

fuchsian. [NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A plant belonging to the genus Fuschia.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fuchsia, n. any shrub of the genus Fuchsia, with drooping red or purple or white flowers.

Etymology
mod.L f. L. Fuchs, Ger. botanist d. 1566

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