fuchsia — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.

   Examples

   Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves

2. A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.

   Synonyms

   magenta

   Examples

   She tilted a hand topped with long rectangular nails in furious fuchsia towards her cheeks and fluttered the fingers, fanning.

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   Born in the mid-2010s, the concept of the girlboss promised a utopia where women could bulldoze into workplaces, pull up a seat at male-dominated tables and become a celebrated CEO on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List by the ripe age of 23 (and do it all, of course, wearing a fuchsia blazer and a balayage hairdo).

Adjective

1. Having a purplish-red colour.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Noun

1. 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

   Broader terms

   shrubbush

2. a vivid purplish-red color

   Broader terms

   purplish redpurplish-red