Fuchsia

Etymology
After the genus Fuchsia, itself named after Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist.

Noun

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

Quotations

 * plant
 * 1922 : Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. - Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)

Translations

 * Catalan: fúcsia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 倒掛金鐘, 倒挂金钟
 * Finnish: fuksia
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: フクシャ, ホクシャ
 * Persian: گل آویز
 * Polish:
 * Russian: фуксия
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: fúcsia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紫紅色, 紫红色, 品紅色, 品红色
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 赤紫色
 * Persian: سرخابی سیر
 * Russian: фуксия, пурпурно-красный цвет
 * Spanish:

Synonyms
colour
 * magenta

Adjective

 * 1) Having a purplish-red colour.