fuchsia

Meanings

Plural: fuchsias

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

Adj

• Having a purplish-red colour.

Synonyms

magenta

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