fuchsia

fuchsia
[ˈfjuːʃə]
noun
  1. a shrub with pendulous tubular flowers that are typically of two contrasting colours. They are native to America and New Zealand and are commonly grown as ornamentals
    倒挂金钟属植物
  2. Genus Fuchsia, family Onagraceae: many cultivars
    倒挂金钟属,柳叶菜科:多栽培品种
    ■(Austral.)used in names of plants of other families with similar flowers, e.g. native fuchsia
    (澳)[用在开类似花的其他科植物的名称中,如native fuchsia]
    ■[mass noun]a vivid purplish-red colour like that of the sepals of a typical fuchsia flower
    紫红色
语源
  1. modern Latin, named in honour of Leonhard Fuchs (1501–66), German botanist
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