fuchsia

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fuch·sia /ˈfjuːʃə/ noun  1. [countable, uncountable]HBP a garden bush with hanging bell-shaped flowers that are red, pink, or white 倒挂金钟〔一种花园灌木〕2. [uncountable]CC a bright pink colour 紫红色

Examples from the Corpus

fuchsia• I read in a strange book with a fuchsia cover.• This is more important with softer cutting like geraniums and fuchsias, but it also makes a lot of difference with roses.• Trim back fuchsias brought in from the garden and pot them up in a peat and sand mixture.• She had spent more than she intended on the wetsuit, but couldn't resist its bright fuchsia colours.• The sky is glowing fuchsia, orange.• His little sister gripped a shoot of fuchsia bougainvillea and wailed.• The seeds sprouted and the fuchsia cuttings struck, and now the little red wellies look wonderful.• I stand on a lawn across the street, watching the fuchsia flames licking the sky.Origin fuchsia (1700-1800) Leonhard Fuchs (1501-66), German plant-scientist

fuch·sia nounChineseSyllable  

garden Corpus with hanging a flowers bush that are bell-shaped

fuchsia
fuch‧sia /ˈfjuːʃə/ noun1. [uncountable and countable] a garden bush with hanging bell-shaped flowers that are red, pink, or white
2. [uncountable] a bright pink colour

fuch·siaBrE /ˈfjuːʃə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfjuːʃə/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] a small bush with flowers in two colours of red, purple or white, that hang down 倒挂金钟（灌木，花吊挂，呈红、紫或白色）