fuchsia /ˈfjuːʃə/noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves — 1922 •A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.She tilted a hand topped with long rectangular nails in furious fuchsia towards her cheeks and fluttered the fingers, fanning. — 2006 adjective1 •Having a purplish-red colour. formsfuchsias
