fuchsia

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fuchsia (enc)

Noun	1.	fuchsia - 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 genus Fuchsia - large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers Fuchsia coccinea, ladies'-eardrop, ladies'-eardrops, lady's-eardrop, lady's-eardrops - erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers Fuchsia excorticata, konini, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia - erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon-flushed flowers; New Zealand bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
	2.	fuchsia - a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta magenta purplish red - a red with a tinge of purple

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